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Ringfort - rath

Coad, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Coad, 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
Coad
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
52.96240, -9.07896
SMR number
CL017-065----

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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 a high, flat rise in undulating pastureland. Hachured as a circular feature on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Hachured as a subrectangular feature on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subrectangular rath (int. dims. 23.6m WNW-ESE; 21.1m NNE-SSW; ext. dims. 33.3m WNW-ESE; 29.2m NNE-SSW) is defined by a bank (Wth 3.7-5.8m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.1-0.6m). A possible grass-covered field bank extends NW from the NW corner of the rath, and may be cut by the garden of modern house. A modern field boundary extending NNW-SSE overlies the NE corner of the rath. A mid-19th century racecourse (CL017-202001-) ran N-S immediately to the W of this rath.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 19 July 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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