Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumeevin, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumeevin
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.94967, -9.16589
- SMR number
- CL016-109----
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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 top of a prominent ridge, aligned WNW-ESE, in hilly poorly drained pasture. Mature conifer plantations are visible to the W and SE, with more recent ones in the fields to the N and S. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Classified as Enclosure in the RMP (1996).
On inspection in May 1999, a vague oval enclosure (30m N-S; 25m E-W), defined by a low earthen scarp (H c. 0.1m), was visible intermittently. A shallow ditch (L c. 10m; Wth 2.8m) ran around it at NE. The interior was higher in the centre and sloped to the N and S. Possibly a rath. Its outline is clearly visible on current aerial imagery (OSi digitalglobe 2011-2013).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 29 June 2022
References
Record of Monuments and Places as established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, County Clare. Issued by National Monuments and Historic Properties Service 1996. Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.