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Ringfort - rath

Quilty West, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Quilty West, 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
Quilty West
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisclonroe
Latest-edition OS map
Lisclonroe
Coordinates
52.81554, -9.44778
SMR number
CL038-012----

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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

At the N edge of a shelf on a slight N-facing slope. Listed as 'enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 36m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 6-6.8m; Wth of top 1.4-3.6m; ext. H 1.1-2.2m) which is best preserved (Wth of base 8.6m; Wth of top 2m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2.5m) NW-E, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 7.3m at S to 8.4-9.2m generally; Wth of base 2m at E to 3.4-4m generally; ext. D 0.3-0.7m). The entrance (Wth 4m) and slight causeway are at ESE, and the perimeter is circumscribed by a field bank S-W.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 14 April 2020

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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