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Ringfort - cashel

Mooghaun South, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Mooghaun South, 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
Mooghaun South
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1922)
Coordinates
52.78139, -8.88149
SMR number
CL042-073----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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

Situated 50m SW of Mooghaun hillfort (CL042-074001-) in an area planted with mature trees. A subcircular enclosure (diam. 29m x 22m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 3.5-3.7m; int. H 0,7m; ext. H up to 2m). The wall was originally c. 2m in width and was built with an inner and outer facing with a rubble core. A gap (Wth 1.5m) at SE may be the original entrance. (Condit and Grogan 2005, 125)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 5 January 2016

References

Condit, T. and Grogan, E. 2005 Mooghaun South: general site description. In E. Grogan, The North Munster Project, vol. 1, 103-130.

Nearby in the register

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

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