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Ringfort - rath

Ballingaddy East, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballingaddy East, 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
Ballingaddy East
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
52.96169, -9.31349
SMR number
CL015-069----

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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 meadow in hilly pasture surrounded by marsh and scrub, with clear views to the N and W, overlooked by higher ground to the E and S. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. A subcircular rath (23m N-S; 21.75m E-W) defined by a steep-sided round-topped bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.7-2.1m; Wth 5m), a fosse (Wth 2.5m; ext. D 1.9m) and an outer bank (Wth 6m; ext. H 0.8m). The fosse and outer bank are only present around the N of the monument extending from NW to NE. Stone within the fabric of both banks suggests that they were originally revetted. An original entrance gap is present at the NW (Wth at base 3.4m). The interior is flat and featureless.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell

Date of upload: 15 August 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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