Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

At the top of an E-W ridge in wet pasture, reeds and rushes, with land sloping steeply down to the N, moderately to the S and rising to the W. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (25.6m NNE-SSW; 25.3m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.7m). An external fosse (Wth 2.8m; ext. D 0.2m) is traceable from SW to SE. At the N and S the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m). There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 2.2m) in the bank at the SE. The rush-covered interior slopes gently to the N.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL008-056----_01.jpg View from W

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 12 October 2022

References

Record of Monuments and Places as established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, County Clare. Issued by National Monuments and Historic Properties Service 1996. Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands.