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Ringfort - rath

Rahoonbeak, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rahoonbeak, County Kildare, 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
Rahoonbeak
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Rathownbeg
Coordinates
53.03106, -6.76493
SMR number
KD032-043----

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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)
  • 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

Shown on the 1st ed. (1839) of the OS 6-inch map as a large circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 70m), and described some years later by Fitzgerald (1899-1902(f), 150-1) as, ‘a rath of large proportions', with the further comment, ‘This rath-crowned eskar (sic) is at the present time being demolished by road contractors for the sake of its material.' By the time of the latest ed. (1910) of the OS 6-inch map, only the E half of the monument is shown (and named ‘Rathowenbeg’) with a quarry to the W. In 1972, a large sand and gravel quarry occupied the site (SMR file). The area was subsequently reclaimed and is now in level tillage.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 07 November 2013

References

FitzGerald, Lord W. 1899-1902 Killeen Cormac. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 3, 148-63.

Nearby in the register

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

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