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Ringfort - rath

Kiltennan North, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kiltennan North, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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