Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bahana, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bahana
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.50531, -6.92932
- SMR number
- CW024-043----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity 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
Small portion of curving bank representing NE quadrant shown on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map. Present remains consist of low bank (H c. 0.8m; Wth 5-7m), of small stones and earth, suggesting originally oval area enclosed measuring c. 22m NE-SW x c. 34m SE-NW.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.