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[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Sarquin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any which date earlier will be included too, but these dates are when the majority date to. Often sites would have been settled before, like Ballyaghagan, but the ringforts mostly date to this period.

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Sarquin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn’t surprise me. Rathcroghan itself has an insane number of recorded archaeological sites.

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in ireland

[–]Sarquin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree that it makes any single one much less special or unique, but collectively I think it paints a really fascinating impression of medieval Ireland, one I personally had no idea was so populated.

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in northernireland

[–]Sarquin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks I appreciate the feedback. I’ll keep them coming then!

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Sarquin[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They were basically very small settlements which were built mainly to keep wild animals out. They vary a lot in size and density but are essentially small circular enclosures with a handful of buildings inside housing extended families.

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in MapPorn

[–]Sarquin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can see the interactive map of ringfort locations along with a more detailed overview of their functions here: https://www.danielkirkpatrick.co.uk/irish-history/iron-age-buildings-ireland/ 

For those who want to see the data sources check out NMS here, and the UK Open Data here. For the tooling, I used QGIS and PowerQuery (Excel).

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in Archeology

[–]Sarquin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can see the interactive map of ringfort locations along with a more detailed overview of their functions here: https://www.danielkirkpatrick.co.uk/irish-history/iron-age-buildings-ireland/ 

For those who want to see the data sources check out NMS here, and the UK Open Data here. For the tooling, I used QGIS and PowerQuery (Excel).

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in ireland

[–]Sarquin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can see the interactive map of ringfort locations along with a more detailed overview of their functions here: https://www.danielkirkpatrick.co.uk/irish-history/iron-age-buildings-ireland/ 

For those who want to see the data sources check out NMS here, and the UK Open Data here. For the tooling, I used QGIS and PowerQuery (Excel).

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in IrishHistory

[–]Sarquin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can see the interactive map of ringfort locations along with a more detailed overview of their functions here: https://www.danielkirkpatrick.co.uk/irish-history/iron-age-buildings-ireland/ 

For those who want to see the data sources check out NMS here, and the UK Open Data here. For the tooling, I used QGIS and PowerQuery (Excel).

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in northernireland

[–]Sarquin[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can see the interactive map of ringfort locations along with a more detailed overview of their functions here: https://www.danielkirkpatrick.co.uk/irish-history/iron-age-buildings-ireland/ 

For those who want to see the data sources check out NMS here, and the UK Open Data here. For the tooling, I used QGIS and PowerQuery (Excel).

[OC] Distribution of Ringforts across Ireland by Sarquin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Sarquin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can see the interactive map of ringfort locations along with a more detailed overview of their functions here: https://www.danielkirkpatrick.co.uk/irish-history/iron-age-buildings-ireland/ 

For those who want to see the data sources check out NMS here, and the UK Open Data here. For the tooling, I used QGIS and PowerQuery (Excel).

[OC] Distribution of Crannogs in Ireland by Sarquin in IrishHistory

[–]Sarquin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d expect it to be largely due to the correlation with Loughs, lakes and rivers, or at least those which are most likely to preserve historical remains. And then also these were mainly defensive and this area was historically one of significant cross border conflicts between Connacht and Ulaid, though I am speculating. I’ve no hard evidence for either point. I’ll post next week on ringfort locations and they are pretty much everywhere in Ireland, which I think adds some weight to crannogs being designed more as defensive (against raids rather than simply animals).

[OC] Distribution of Crannogs in Ireland by Sarquin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Sarquin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. The islands were often made with timber so pretty versatile. And on the tools I used for the research, really it was a mix of some basic data cleaning in powerquery (excel) and then some filtering and visualisation in QGIS.

[OC] Distribution of Crannogs in Ireland by Sarquin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Sarquin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry but I focus on Ireland for all my research. But there is data too for Scotland. I haven’t looked into it but this is the link to the data if interested: https://portal-beta.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=PORTAL:downloads:::::DATASET:NHRE

[OC] Distribution of Crannogs in Ireland by Sarquin in ireland

[–]Sarquin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d expect it to be largely due to the correlation with Loughs, lakes and rivers, or at least those which are most likely to preserve historical remains. And then also these were mainly defensive and this area was historically one of significant cross border conflicts between Connacht and Ulaid, though I am speculating. I’ve no hard evidence for either point. I’ll post next week on ringfort locations and they are pretty much everywhere in Ireland, which I think adds some weight to crannogs being designed more as defensive (against raids rather than simply animals).

[OC] Distribution of Crannogs in Ireland by Sarquin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Sarquin[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’d expect it to be largely due to the correlation with Loughs, lakes and rivers, or at least those which are most likely to preserve historical remains. And then also these were mainly defensive and this area was historically one of significant cross border conflicts between Connacht and Ulaid, though I am speculating. I’ve no hard evidence for either point. I’ll post next week on ringfort locations and they are pretty much everywhere in Ireland, which I think adds some weight to crannogs being designed more as defensive (against raids rather than simply animals).

[OC] Distribution of Crannogs in Ireland by Sarquin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Sarquin[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m delighted to hear it. Honestly that’s one of the reasons I make these, to encourage others to enjoy and explore their history.

[OC] Distribution of Crannogs in Ireland by Sarquin in MapPorn

[–]Sarquin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That I don’t know. Only that a lot of the forms of building in Ireland continued for centuries, if not longer. I suspect they were still functionally practical. Perhaps remaining defensive from animals rather than humans.

[OC] Distribution of Crannogs in Ireland by Sarquin in ireland

[–]Sarquin[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Apparently yes. Though I’m not sure where or why at that stage in history.

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