Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Rannagh West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rannagh West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04446, -9.09765
- SMR number
- CL010-005001-
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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 karst upland area with much scrub cover. A number of curving field walls (running parallel to each other) visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018). They are associated with some large enclosures (CL010-005002-, CL010-233----, CL010-234---- and CL010-235----) but form part of a larger extensive field system (CL005-160001-). Extensive field systems with prehistoric and medieval elements extend over most of the Burren uplands. Those currently visible on aerial or satellite imagery are outlined for mapping purposes but it is likely that they continue under scrub and meet in certain areas.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 8 September 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.