Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Coogyulla, County Clare, Ireland
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----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrow1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.