Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Gorteen (Dangan ED), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteen (Dangan ED)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.82909, -8.78815
- SMR number
- CL035-106----
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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
In generally level area of dense, mixed woodland. Westropp (1914-16, 66) described this monument as a ‘ring-wall…nearly levelled…’. It is depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. 21m) within an area of rough pasture and rock outcrop on the 25-inch OS map and the 1921 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Access not gained during 2017 survey.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 24 January 2018
References
Westropp, T.J. 1914-16 Types of ring-forts remaining in Eastern Co. Clare, part IV. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 32, 58-77.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.