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Ringfort - cashel

Curraderra, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Curraderra, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Curraderra
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1920)
Coordinates
52.91515, -8.92878
SMR number
CL026-043----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the W edge of a terrace in an area of dense hazel scrub. Hachured on the 1840 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. A circular overgrown area (int. diam. 24m E-W) defined by an overgrown stone spread (Wth 3-4.3m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 0.6-0.9m) with the outer facing only visible at (H 0.9m) for a short distance. The interior slopes slightly to the W and there is much natural bedrock is evident. There is a modern gap (Wth 1m) through the wall in the N sector. 

Compiled by: Michael Moore and Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 17 November 2025

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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