Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cahermorris, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahermorris
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Caher
- Latest-edition OS map
- Caher
- Coordinates
- 53.43099, -8.98738
- SMR number
- GA056-041----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating grassland. This poorly preserved subcircular cashel (N-S 30m) is defined by a drystone wall that is reduced to a rubble spread (Wth 2-2.5m; H 0.2-0.3m). The interior is overgrown with trees. In the NW quadrant there is a subrectangular depression (L 6.5m, Wth 3.8m) running NW-SE. On its E side, definite traces of stone-facing are visible. These remains may represent a possible souterrain (GA056-041001-). (Westropp 1919, 183; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 304)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 26 November 2018
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1991).
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.