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Ringfort - rath

Carrahil, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carrahil, 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
Carrahil
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1920)
Coordinates
52.93453, -8.90154
SMR number
CL026-017001-

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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 slightly raised ground in an undulating landscape. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 48m N-S; 47m E-W; 48m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m at E to Wth 11-14m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.6-1.1m generally) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.9m) SSE-SW. There is a souterrain (CL026-017002-) inside the perimeter at SSW.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 2 May 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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