[OSM-talk-ie] Raths / ringforts

[Rory McCann]

I'll retag all the ones I added to the historic=archaeological_site 
site_type=fortification fortification_type=ringfort tagging scheme, from 
the other one. So the numbers will change soon. 🙂

On 06/09/18 13:33, Rory McCann wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I mapped a lot with historical=earthworks earthworks=rath. A few years
> brianh came up with a tagging scheme for historic objects like that in
> Ireland, and that was the tagging for ringforts, so I used that. I have
> no strong attachment to it, and would be willing to change to something
> else.
> 
> I've mapped them from the GSGS map combined with current aerial, and as
> a closed way. We can do more accurate than a node! 🙂
> 
> The Archeological Survey of Ireland has all these (and more!) mapped,
> and I believe there's some attempt to ask the Dept Culture, Heritage &
> Gaeltacht to open that out, but nothing yet. That would certainly aid
> mapping.
> 
> https://www.archaeology.ie/archaeological-survey-ireland
> 
> rory
> 
> On 05/09/18 07:05, Colm Moore wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fortification%20type=ringfort?uselang=en-GB 
>>
>>
>>
>> Was someone running a project on mapping / tidying-up raths / 
>> ringforts? I notice many are mapped in Cork and Kilkenny, but few 
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> I haven't come across many of these until the last few weeks. In that 
>> time, I seem to have been tagging them incorrectly.
>>
>> Can I check the correct tagging is:
>> historic=archaeological_site
>> site_type=fortification
>> fortification_type=ringfort ?
>>
>> I checked http://stat.latlon.org/ie/latest/ for the word "fort", (I 
>> didn't check for name~fort or description~fort) and there are many 
>> tagging variations (not all of these will be ringforts).
>>
>> archaeological_site=earthworks
>> archaeological_site=fort
>> archaeological_site=ring_fort
>> archaeological_site=ringfort
>> castle_type=fortification
>> castle_type=fortress
>> earthworks=rath
>> earthworks=ringfort
>> earthworks=ringfort (rath)
>> fortification=ring_ditch
>> fortification_type=hill_fort
>> fortification_type=hillfort
>> fortification_type=ringfort
>> historic=fort
>> historic=fortification
>> historic=hillfort
>> historic=ring fort
>> historic=ring_fort
>> inscription=Ring fort
>> military=fort
>> note=Ancient fort
>> note=Ancient ring fort
>> 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
>> note=Fort
>> note=Not sure if these are Barrows or rath, or what the difference is! 
>> Ring fort
>> note=Not sure if these are Barrows or raths, or what the difference 
>> is! Ring fort
>> note=Ring Fort?
>> note=Round Fort?
>> note=ring fort
>> note=ringfort
>> ruins=fort
>> ruins=ringfort
>> site_type=earthwork
>> site_type=earthworks
>> site_type=enclosure
>> site_type=fortification
>> site_type=ring fort
>> site_type=ringfort
>> site_type=ringfort;megalith
>> type=ringfort
>> wikipedia=en:Ringfort
>> wikipedia_1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringfort
>>
>> How should I proceed?
>>
>>
>> Colm
>>
>>
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