Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltennan North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltennan North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kiltennan Fort (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.01047, -9.19486
- SMR number
- CL009-099002-
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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
In a slight hollow in reclaimed pasture at the E end of ridge named Knockacarn; the land slopes to the SW and there are wide views from E to W. Not indicated on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but a trigonometrical point (see cairn CL009-099001-), c. 12m to the SE, is labelled ‘Kiltennan Fort’. On the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, this label refers to a subcircular enclosure indicated by a line of hachures extending from SSE to W to NE. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996).
This rath (dims. of top 21.3m E-W; 20.8m N-S; dims. of base 29.8m E-W; 25.5m N-S,), constructed of earth and stone, is defined by a scarped raised platform (H 0.6-1.3m). It has been severely damaged from S to W where it has been dug out, resulting in a straight quarry face (L 19m) that gives it a truncated D-shaped appearance. The interior is level. Three large stones at the base of the scarp at W are associated with relatively recent field-clearance activity. Another rath (CL009-099003-) lies c. 30m to the E.
The following image has been uploaded: CL009-099002-_01.jpg View from E
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 26 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.