Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Drumcliff, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcliff
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.86486, -9.01152
- SMR number
- CL033-032----
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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
Situated on a broad but slight N-S ridge within a coniferous forest. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Hachured on the 1842 and 1921 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. A subcircular area (int. diam. 25m E-W; 23.1m N-S) defined by a moss-covered stone spread (Wth 2.4-3.5m; H 0.4-0.9m) with occasional facing stones (original Wth 0.8-1m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 May 2016
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.