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Ringfort - rath

Aughiska More, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Aughiska 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
Aughiska More
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
53.01455, -9.32412
SMR number
CL008-079----

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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 low hillock in rough pasture and rushes, overlooked by hillocks to the E and S but with wide views to the N. Partially indicated on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map; outlined on the subsequent OS 25-inch plan (1897) and hachured on the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). An almost circular rath (diams. c. 21m N-S; c. 20m E-W) is defined ESE-WNW by a broad, low, round-topped bank (av. Wth 7m; H 1m). From WNW-E the rath is defined by a wide berm (Wth 5-8m), outside of which is a natural scarp. A stone wall (H 1m) is built immediately to the S of this berm, following its curvature and extending E and W from the rath. A gap (Wth 2.1m) at the E may be an original entrance but is in use as a pathway. The interior is slightly dished. A fulacht fia (CL008-134----) lies c. 98m to the WNW.

Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 24 November 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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