Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
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
- 53.04455, -9.08660
- SMR number
- CL010-256----
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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
At the NE end of a broad high plateau in an area of karst with some scrub. Within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). A D-shaped enclosure (c. 16m NW-SE) with a straight NW side (L c. 15m) defined by a partially grassed-over stone wall. Visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A field boundary extends SW from the SW corner. A slightly smaller enclosure (CL010-257----) lies just 12m to the NE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 12 July 2023
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.