[OSM-talk-ie] Ring / Fort / Castle

Colm Moore colmmoore72 at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 13 13:28:37 UTC 2017


Hi,


There was a discussion of this last week. I've done a summary of related tags as they are currently in use in Ireland / Northern Ireland. It's an extract from http://stat.latlon.org/ie/latest/


While they might not have huge currency, they are a perfectly mapable feature.


Colm


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archaeological_site=cashel (1)
archaeological_site=castle (6)
archaeological_site=fort (9)
archaeological_site=ring_fort (2)

castle_type=defensive (12)
castle_type=fortress (5)
castle_type=manor (4)
castle_type=stately (5),

description=A Celtic hill fort (ruins, only an earth bank left)
description=Excellent well preserved doubled-ringed ringfort

fortification=ring_ditch (2)
fortification_type=hill_fort (12)
fortification_type=promontory_fort (1)
fortification_type=ring_fort (2)
fortification_type=ringfort (76)

hist=castle (1)
historic=castle (300)
historic=ruins
historic=fort (17)
historic=ring fort (2)
historic=ring_fort (2)

military=fort

note=Ancient fort (1)
note=Ancient ring fort (2)
note=Fawney (fainne) means ring, maybe the site of a ringfort? Was also slang to kiss the King/Lords ring. Very interesting as the road is called the Royal Oak (1)
note=Known_locally_as_a_fairy_ring_with_supernatural_powers_-_Neolithic_Settlement (1),
note=Not sure if these are Barrows or rath, or what the difference is! Ring fort (5),
note=Not sure if these are Barrows or raths, or what the difference is! Ring fort (1)
note=Ring Fort? (1)
note=probably old ringfort (1)
note=ring fort (2)
note=ringfort (1)

wikipedia=en:Rathealy Ringfort (1)
wikipedia=en:Rathgall Hillfort (1)
wikipedia=en:Ringfort (2)
wikipedia=en:Staigue stone fort




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