Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fahee South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fahee South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.03434, -9.04718
- SMR number
- CL010-064026-
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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
Prominently sited on the NW edge of a high (above the 600’ contour) ridge in rough pasture overlooking a fertile valley to NW, and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This poorly preserved oval rath (c. 57m N-S; 44m) is defined by a stony bank (Wth 2m; int. H c. 0.1m; ext. H 0.9-1.5m). The interior slopes down slightly to the N. Relict, grassed-over field walls radiate of the monument at ENE, SSW and NW.
Compiled by: Gearoid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 6 April 2023
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.