Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisdoony East, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisdoony East
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Knockadoony Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Knockadoony Fort
- Coordinates
- 52.99786, -9.25038
- SMR number
- CL008-099----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a W-facing hillslope in wet, rough pasture, with wide views S-N. Hachured and named 'Knockadoony Fort' on the first edition (1842) and later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A small, subcircular area (int. diams. 15.6m E-W; 13.3m N-S) is defined by a low, round-topped, earthen bank (av. Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.7m) which has been intermittently reduced to a scarp and is breached by several livestock gaps. A possible outer fosse (Wth 1-2m; D 0.1m) is visible NE-E-SE. The interior is slightly higher in the centre than inside the enclosing bank.
Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 2 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.