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Ringfort - rath

Caherbarnagh (Corcomroe By.), County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Caherbarnagh, 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
Caherbarnagh (Corcomroe By.)
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.96920, -9.38924
SMR number
CL015-149----

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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

At the top of a S-facing slope in pasture with excellent views all around, particularly over the sea to the S. A subcircular enclosure defined from NW to NE by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.36m) and by a steep scarp (H 1m) from NE-SE. The scarp peters out from SE to W. A field wall crosses the site from W to NE. This wall is broken down where it centres on the fort.

The following images have been uploaded:
CL015-149----_01.jpg General view of ringfort from N
CL015-149----_02.jpg General view from S
CL015-149----_03.jpg Bank at NE
CL015-149----_04.jpg Scarp at E
CL015-149----_05.jpg View through broken field wall looking S

Date of upload: 13 March 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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