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Ringfort - rath

Ballygastell, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballygastell, 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
Ballygastell
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.03125, -9.25574
SMR number
CL008-139----

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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

In reclaimed pasture. A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) defined by a bank, visible on Google Earth satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 23 January 2010), was identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère.

The following image has been attached:
CL008-139----_01.jpg Google Earth historic image, date 23 January 2010.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 16 June 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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