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Ringfort - rath

Boghil, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Boghil, 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
Boghil
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisboghil
Latest-edition OS map
Lisboghil
Coordinates
53.00169, -9.25330
SMR number
CL008-098----

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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 in rough pasture, with wide views. Hachured and named 'Lisboghil' on both the first edition (1842) and later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. The OS 25-inch plan (c. 1890s) records a ‘Well’ c. 20m to the SSE and a ‘Lime Kiln (Disused)’ c. 34m to the SE. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A sub-oval area (int. diams. 26.8m NNW-SSE; 21.5m ENE-WSW) is defined by a low, round-topped, steep-sided, earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1m). An external berm (Wth 1-1.7m) and an outer scarp are visible from S-W-NNE and may be the remains of a fosse and a second, outer bank. The inner bank's outer face is dug away at E and WSW and is cut by several livestock gaps, and by a later trackway at NNE.

See attachment: CL008-099----_01 View of monument from NW.

Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 2 December 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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