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Ringfort - cashel

An Chaisleach, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, An Chaisleach, County Kerry, 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
An Chaisleach
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.92843, -10.00809
SMR number
KE081-022----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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

Internal diam. 21.2m N-S, 19.8m E-W
The severely denuded and overgrown remains of this caher are located on the N bank of the Inny river. The wall which enclosed the circular interior is now reduced to a band of debris in which a few stretches of inner and outer facing are visible. These are formed of large, horizontally-laid slabs. The wall width indicated by the present remains is 2m. No entrance can be identified. There is a scattering of stone in the site's overgrown interior, but no definite structures are discernible. A number of walls, which may be coeval with the caher, extend from its external face at S and run towards the banks of the river.

The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 569. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 29 July 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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