Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrymore West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrymore West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.83413, -8.77506
- SMR number
- CL035-119----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On top of a distinct hillock, in improved pasture, with excellent views in all directions from this vantage point. A large circular area (diam. 36m) defined by the remains of a bank which has been reduced to a scarp (Wth 3.3m; H 0.9m) NE-SE and WSW-W. The scarp is incorporated into a field boundary (long-axis NNE-SSW) around the eastern arc. Short portions of bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m; Wth at top 1.2m; overall Wth 3.55m) are evident SE-WSW and NW-N. The enclosing elements have been levelled out N-NE in relatively modern times and the material has been spread out to create a ramp up into the interior. The interior is clear and has a gentle E-facing slope. There are traces of an outer fosse (Wth 1.75m; D 0.15m) which is best preserved N-NE, in places around the eastern arc, at SE and at SW. According to local information, potatoes were grown within the interior during the famine years and in modern times silage is baled here in dry weather. An enclosure (CL035-120----) lies c. 380m to N.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL035-119----_01.jpg From NW. General view of monument (no rods).
CL035-119----_02.jpg From NW. Cross sectional view of bank and fosse at SW.
CL035-119----_03.jpg From NE. Cross sectional view of scarp at SE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 10 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 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.