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Ringfort - cashel

Murrooghtoohy North, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Murrooghtoohy North, 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
Murrooghtoohy North
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated (1915)
Coordinates
53.15030, -9.26092
SMR number
CL001-009----

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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

On a gentle to moderately steep N-facing slope (400-500’) of Black Head with panoramic views over Galway Bay. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A trapezoidal enclosure (23m N–S; Wth at S 19m; Wth at N 16m) defined by relatively modern herringbone-style field walls (max. H 1.3m; Wth 0.8m). The N and E walls sit on older double-walling (Wth 1.3–1.7m) of possible medieval date. An entrance near the N end of the E wall (Wth 0.6m) may be relatively modern. The interior has a lot of bare outcropping rock. A cashel (CL001-010----), from which this site is visible, is located c.350m upslope to SSE.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL001-009----_01.jpg Google Earth image, taken 13 June 2011.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin

Date of upload: 14 September 2020

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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