Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Caherea, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherea
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.76793, -9.08748
- SMR number
- CL041-186----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low NE-SW ridge in pasture. A subcircular area (diam. c. 38m) defined by a bank and a fosse, possibly water-filled at SE, visible on Google Earth (4 February 2018). Not indicated on any OS maps. Cultivation ridges in the interior are visible in the interior.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL041-186----_01.jpg Google Earth image, 2018.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 10 May 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.