Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gormona, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gormona
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.67666, -6.90554
- SMR number
- CW016-080001-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Shown on 1938-9 'OS 6-inch' map as approximately circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m) with D-shaped annexe attached at NW (max. diam. c. 50m). Both features shown as enclosed by bank. Site partly covered with field clearance boulders and dense scrub so that outline of site cannot be distinguished.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.