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Ringfort - cashel

Bearnafunshin, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Bearnafunshin, 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
Bearnafunshin
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1920)
Coordinates
52.90786, -8.91941
SMR number
CL026-053----

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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

At the crest of the N-facing slope of a drumlin. Hachured as a circular area on the 1840 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. A subcircular scrub-covered area (int. diam. 29m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 3.8-5.2m generally to 9.5m at S; int. H 0.1-0.4m generally to 0.6m at S; ext. H 0.3-0.8m) with internal and external stone facing visible, especially at NW and E (original Wth 2-2.5m). The interior is bisected by an E-W field wall and an area of rock outcrop (H 0.8m) is WSW of centre. The perimeter E-S has been truncated by the NE-SW railway line, while the perimeter S-W is also damaged. 

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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