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Ringfort - rath

Anneville, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Anneville, 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
Anneville
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
52.95808, -9.07038
SMR number
CL017-071----

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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 slight W-facing slope in undulating pastureland. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This tree-covered subcircular rath (int. dims. 27.8m E-W; 26.3m N-S; ext. dims. 35m E-W; 34.4m N-S) is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-4.4m; int. H 0-0.8m; ext. H 0.3-0.5m) which is reduced to an external scarp (H 0.6m) at the W. A double-faced wall (Wth 1-2m; H 0.5-1m) is built along the top of the bank, and wall collapse is spread over the bank. This wall is incorporated into a field wall which runs E-W over the N edge of the rath.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 14 August 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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