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Ringfort - rath

Fanore More, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Fanore More, 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
Fanore More
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1915)
Coordinates
53.10766, -9.28430
SMR number
CL004-016005-

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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 the N-facing slope of a fairly steep hill with excellent views to S and NNE. Hachured on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A well-preserved circular bivallate ringfort defined by an inner stone and earth bank (Wth 1.7–2.1m; int. H 0.7–1.3m; ext. H 2–2.6m), a fosse (Wth at base 3m) and an outer bank (Wth 2–2.6m; H 0.6–1m). Traces of external facing (H 0.2–0.3m) are visible on the exterior of the inner bank. This ringfort lies at the W extent of an extensive multiperiod field system (CL004-016001-), covering an area of c. 8km.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin

Date of upload: 23 February 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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