Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Carrowdotia, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowdotia
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1920)
- Coordinates
- 52.89837, -8.94173
- SMR number
- CL026-031----
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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
On slightly raised ground in gently undulating pasture. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 24m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 0.5-1m), with the original outer facing (H 0.7m) at N. The interior is bisected by a NW-SE field wall and there is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 May 2017
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.