Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyhehan, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhehan
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.09932, -9.07932
- SMR number
- CL006-012----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low knoll from which the ground falls moderately steeply on all sides, with good views in all directions. The surrounding land is improved and extensively cleared pastureland. 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 poorly preserved rath of which only an arc, from NE–SE, of bank survives (L 35m; Wth at base 7.3m; int. H 0.5m; Ext H 1.1m). The site now contains a badger set.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 28 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.