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Ringfort - unclassified

Belgard, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Belgard, County Dublin, 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
Belgard
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.30165, -6.39462
SMR number
DU021-025----

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Named 'fort' and hachured on 1843 OS 6-inch map. The site is identified in the field as a slightly sunken area (dims.20m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW; D 0.3m). There is no bank visible (Ua Broin 1944, 74, 202).
Compiled by Geraldine Stout

References

Ua Broin, L. 1944 Clondalkin, Co. Dublin and it's neighbourhood. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 74, 191-218.

Nearby in the register

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

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