Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Turlough, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Turlough
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.10400, -9.07509
- SMR number
- CL006-166----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 low NNE-SSW ridge in pasture. A subcircular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a low bank is visible on OS orthophotography (2013-2018). A NNW-SSW field bank crosses the W sector. This monument was brought to the attention of the National Monuments Service by Ros Ó Maoldúin, September 2020.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL006-166----_01.jpg OS orthophotograph (2013-2018)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 28 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.