Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Rannagh West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rannagh West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.04172, -9.10395
- SMR number
- CL010-002----
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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 high commanding ground c. 30m E of a cliff edge with good views except from E-SW where there is higher ground and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996).
An oval cashel (ext. dims. 41m NNE-SSW; 30m ESE-WNW; int. dims. 35m NNE-SSW; 25m ESE-WNW)
defined by a drystone wall (Wth 2-4m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 0.25-1.8m) with visible outer facing. The external wall-face is poorly built at ESE. Upright stones at S extent are modern additions and a later cattle pen is constructed against the SSW extent. Field walls radiate from the cashel wall at NW, NNE, NE and SSW. Foundations of two possible house sites lie against the perimeter at SW (CL010-002002-) and SE (CL010-002003-).
The following image has been uploaded:
CL010-002----_01.jpg Aerial view from S
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 14 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.