Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cragbwee, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cragbwee
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.82299, -8.79868
- SMR number
- CL035-092----
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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
In a generally level area, in mixed woodland. A large, oval area (c. 40m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by a collapsed stone wall (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.9m; Wth at top 1.5m; overall Wth 6.6m) which is covered in moss and ivy. A later stone wall of different construction has been built on top of the enclosure wall NW-E-SW. A linear field wall (long-axis c. NNW-SSE) truncates the monument across the W sector. The interior is generally level and the surface is very uneven due to rock outcrop and a scatter of loose boulders. It is possible that there may be internal walls/structures, however this is not definitive due to dense vegetation and fallen trees.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL035-092----_01.jpg From W. Cross sectional view of bank at N.
CL035-092----_02.jpg From SE. Internal face of later field wall on top of enclosure at NW.
CL035-092----_03.jpg From W. General view across interior.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 20 March 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.