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Ringfort - rath

Ballynacarhagh, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballynacarhagh, 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
Ballynacarhagh
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
52.96947, -9.17212
SMR number
CL016-078----

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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 top of a prominent E-W running ridge in reclaimed pasture with good views to the N and S. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘earthwork’ in the RMP (1996).
A subcircular rath (dims. 36m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by an earth and stone scarp, best preserved between E (H 0.8m) and S (H c. 1.1m) but almost eroded to ground level elsewhere. At a distance of 3.3m from the S edge, a length of limestone uprights (L 4.2m; H 0.25m) may be the remains of a stone-facing; further boulders are visible around the perimeter between E and SE. The interior rises in the centre. A WNW-ESE running field boundary lies immediately to its SW.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack

Date of upload: 9 May 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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