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Ringfort - cashel

Cragbwee, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Cragbwee, 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
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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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

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

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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