Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
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
- 53.04822, -9.07889
- SMR number
- CL010-014002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a slight rise with good views over lower ground from NW-SE, and with an enclosure (CL010-014----) c. 20m to the SW. A roughly circular enclosure (int. diams. 17m N-S; 15m E-W) is defined by an earth and stone bank which is best preserved at W (Wth 5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m) but is much reduced in size NNE-ESE where it abuts a roadside fence. The ground level outside the enclosing bank at N drops sharply (ext. H 1.7m). The interior slopes down towards the W and is overgrown WSW - WNW.
Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 8 December 2022
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.