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Historic location

cfuserkildare · 2020-08-31 15:54:27

Does anyone have any good theories as to why there is such concentration of ring-forts and other historic sites around Rathangan?

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31-08-2020 4:54pm

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cfuserkildare

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Does anyone have any good theories as to why there is such concentration of ring-forts and other historic sites around Rathangan?

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#2 04-12-2020 11:17pm
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Proximity to the curragh and bog of allen possibly?

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#3 04-12-2020 11:29pm
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Kevhog1988
Very possibly.

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#4 06-12-2020 6:33pm
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Maybe there was high population density there.

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#5 07-12-2020 6:41pm
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Well it was the home turf of the Uí Fealain (sp,?) sept, and the area was actual land in a relatively huge area of undrained bog so it would have been des res.

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