Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyheean, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyheean
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94945, -9.39668
- SMR number
- CL014-032----
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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
On a S-facing pasture slope, overlooked by higher ground to the N. Identified in 1998 by Markus Casey. This subcircular rath (27m E-W; 25.5m N-S) is defined by a low scarp (H 0.15-0.3m), and a marshy outer fosse (Wth 2.25-4.5m; D 0.15m below external ground surface) from NE-S-W. Traces of a second, outer bank (Wth 2-4m; H 0.1m) survive from S-W. The raised interior is slightly dished. Some 15m to the E, the N-S running townland boundary wall between Ballyheean and Ballyvorda (to the E) angles sharply E to avoid crossing the monument.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 6-10-2025
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.