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
- 52.83731, -8.78395
- SMR number
- CL035-116----
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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 gently undulating, dense, natural woodland enclosed by overgrown rough pasture. Indicated by Westropp (1914-16, 67) as a small enclosure which he labelled ‘J’ on his map ‘Gorteen Group of Forts’. He described it as ‘a defaced cathair’. Depicted as an oval enclosure (c. 50m NW-SE; c. 44m NE-SW) on the 25-inch OS map. The enclosing elements consist of a collapsed drystone wall (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.45m; Wth at top 1.2m; overall Wth 5.4m) which is noted in places, between the vegetation. The interior is largely impenetrable. A later drystone field wall (long-axis ENE-WSW) appears to have been constructed on top of the enclosing elements SE-SW.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL035-116----_01.jpg From SE. Oblique cross-sectional view of bank at W.
CL035-116----_02.jpg From NW. Interior of monument – impenetrable.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 29 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.