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Ringfort - unclassified

Coogyulla, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Coogyulla, 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
Coogyulla
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Tonwaun Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Tonwaun Fort (Site of)
Coordinates
53.00468, -9.34623
SMR number
CL008-090----

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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 hillock surrounded by conifer forest. Named ‘Tonwaun Fort’ on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map and shown as a large oval enclosure (est. max diams. c. 50m N-S; c. 45m E-W) which contains a smaller, oval enclosure (est. max. diams. c. 14m E-W; c. 10m N-S) just S of centre. Named 'Tonwaun Fort (Site of)' on the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. All that survives is a small triangular area (15m ENE-WSW; 15m NNW-SSE) defined by loose stones from field-clearance. In the centre of the triangle is a T-shaped arrangement of drystone field-walls (8m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE; H 0.5m), with another short wall (L 1m) extending NW from near the W end.

See attachment: CL008-090----_01.jpg Snip from the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map.

Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 30 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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