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Ringfort - unclassified

Badgerhill, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Badgerhill, 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
Badgerhill
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.25170, -6.51750
SMR number
DU024A001----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 on a prominent hill under pasture. Marked as an enclosure on the 1843 OS 6-inch map (max. diam c. 25m). Mentioned by Ua Broin (1941, 25). Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018

References

Ua Broin, L. 1941 Knockbrack in Co. Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 71, 24-6.

Nearby in the register

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

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