Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballyline (bunratty Upper By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyline (bunratty Upper By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1920)
- Coordinates
- 52.92064, -8.93378
- SMR number
- CL026-007----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a terrace on the W-facing slope of a small N-S valley. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area with some bushes and rock outcrop (int. diam. 17m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by an overgrown stone spread (Wth 2.8 -5m; int. H 0.2-0.3m generally to 0.6m at E; ext. H 0.8-1.1m). There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 May 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.