Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Toormore (corcomroe By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toormore (corcomroe By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toormore Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toormore Fort (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.95565, -9.15478
- SMR number
- CL016-085----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a S-facing hillside in well-drained pasture, c. 20m to the SE of a farmyard. Hachured and named ‘Toormore Fort’ on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (ext. dims. 21.2m N-S; 18.5m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank and scarp. The bank (Wth c. 2.3-3m at base) is best preserved at NW and NE (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.3-0.45m) but is very low at W (H 0.15m). Only a scarp is visible at S (H 1.1m). A slight lowering of the bank at E may indicate an entrance. The interior slopes to the S.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 11 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.