Cahermacun
Cahermacun is a locality in County Clare, Munster. Cahermacun is situated nearby to the locality Corkscrew Hill, as well as near Doonyvardan.Places of Interest
Highlights include Aillwee Cave and Cahermore ringfort.
Aillwee Cave
Cave
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Aillwee Cave is a cave system in the karst landscape of the Burren in County Clare, Ireland. The name Aillwee is derived from the Irish Aill Bhuí which means "yellow cliff". Aillwee Cave is situated 4 km east of Cahermacun.
Cahermore ringfort
Archaeological site
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Cahermore ringfort or sometimes Caher Mór or "Ballyallaban stone fort" is a ringfort south of Ballyvaughan in the Burren area, in County Clare, Ireland. It is a National Monument.
Newtown Castle
Castle
Newtown Castle is a 16th-century tower house, located close to the village of Ballyvaughan within the Burren area of County Clare, Ireland. Uniquely for a tower house of its type in Ireland, it is cylindrical in shape above a square pyramidal base. Newtown Castle is situated 3 km northeast of Cahermacun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burren and Ballyvaughan.
Burren
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Burren is a large area of northern County Clare, in the west of Ireland, with karst landscape - a great bare limestone sheet sculpted by water action.
Ballyvaughan
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Ballyvaughan is a village in County Clare, overlooking Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. With a population of 360 in 2022, it's a tiny straggling place but a good base for exploring the Burren region. Discover Ballyvaughan is the village website.
Fanore
Village
Photo: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fanore is a small village in the Killonaghan civil parish of County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking community, until 1956. Fanore is situated 7 km northwest of Cahermacun.
Cahermacun
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.08333° or 53° 5′ northLongitude
-9.2° or 9° 12′ westElevation
226 metres (741 feet)Open location code
9C5G3RM2+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 52251218OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2965856
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