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Ringfort - rath

Knocknaraha, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Knocknaraha, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knocknaraha
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
52.95512, -9.36764
SMR number
CL015-044----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In marshy pasture on the summit of a ridge aligned WSW-ENE with panoramic views, flanked by a modern farm road to the N. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A bivallate circular rath (max. ext. diam. c. 60m) defined by a bank, a fosse and an outer bank. The bank (int. H 0.2–0.9m; ext. H 1.4–1.6m; Wth 5m) is composed of stone and earth with traces of stone facing along its interior at E and NW, and is concealed by gorse at E, SW, and W. The fosse is flat-bottomed (Wth at base c. 2.2m; Wth at top c. 8m; ext. D 0.25m) and has been reduced to field level at NW. The outer bank (Wth 3.1m; H 0.1m) is traceable at SW and NNW; it is surmounted by a field boundary at N and is concealed by vegetation at E. A slight lowering of the inner bank (Wth 2.9m) at SSW correlating with a causeway across the fosse may represent an original entrance. The interior of the monument undulates gently and is covered in rushes. A house site (CL015-044002-) is located in the centre of the rath.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell

Date of upload: 10 July 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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