Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Just off the summit of a broad hillock and overlooked by higher ground to the N. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Westropp (1915, 256) noted this ‘larger ring mound’, as did Robinson (1977).
A raised subcircular area (dims. 27.4m E–W, 23.6m N–S; H 1.3–1.4m) surrounded by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4–6.4m) and an outer bank (Wth 5–6m; int. H 0.4–0.8m; ext. H 0.5–1m). There is an entrance ramp (Wth 2m) at NE but there is no causeway across the fosse. A gap (Wth 1m) in the outer bank here does not appear to be original. There are several other gaps in the outer bank at the SE (Wth 3.8m), SSE, NW (Wth 4m) and NNE (Wth 2.4m). The interior is overgrown with rushes. Field boundaries, running roughly N-S, are visible immediately to the E and W of monument and a forestry roadway lies to its N. There is an enclosure (CL009-174----) c. 145m to the ENE.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 21 October 2021

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.

Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.

Westropp, T.J. 1915 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) in Burren and its south western border, Co. Clare. Part 12: North Western Part. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 5, 45-62, 249-74.