Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Rannagh West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rannagh West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.03776, -9.10337
- SMR number
- CL010-001----
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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 natural amphitheatre sheltered by higher ground from NNE to SW and with good views to the W. Within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996).
A roughly circular hut site (overall diam. c. 11m; int. diam. c. 6m) defined by a bank of stone and earth (Wth 2-3m; ext. H 0.4-0.9m) with intermittent stone facing (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.6m at S).
The following image has been uploaded:
CL010-001----_01.jpg View from S
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 14 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.