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Ringfort - rath

Gortnaboul, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gortnaboul, 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
Gortnaboul
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
52.98562, -9.26334
SMR number
CL015-035----

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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 gentle rise in undulating marshy pasture with good views. Hachured on 1916 OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A rath comprising a low circular platform (diam. 28m; H 1-1.2m) defined by a gentle scarp (Wth 4-5m) which has been levelled to the S. The interior is level with no visible features.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell

Date of upload: 3 July 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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