Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyfaudeen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfaudeen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.96567, -9.35443
- SMR number
- CL015-056----
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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
In marshy pasture on top of a low rise with good views. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A circular rath (diam. 44m SW-NE) defined by a low earthen bank (H 0.25-0.6m; Wth 5-6m) with traces of an outer fosse (Wth 2-3m) at E. One of two gaps (Wth 2m) at the NW may indicate a former entrance. The interior is level and featureless. An overgrown stone wall extends WSW-ENE across the N half of the monument.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 11 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.