Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rannagh (killaspuglonane Ed), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rannagh (killaspuglonane Ed)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisfurnel
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisfurnel (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.96172, -9.36748
- SMR number
- CL015-045----
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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 scrubby pasture on the S-facing slope of a ridge aligned NE-SW c.135m S of the Owennaranny River. Hachured and named ‘Lisfurnel’ on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (int. diam. 20–22m N-S) defined by a round-topped earthen bank (ext. H 1-2.15m; int. H 0.25-0.45m; Wth 2.9-3.5m) that has been reduced to a scarp at S, and a steep-sided flat-based fosse (Wth 1.25–7m; ext. H 0.1-0.95m). A gap in the bank (Wth 2m) at NNW aligned with a causeway across the fosse (Wth 7m) indicates the original entrance. The interior is entirely concealed by scrub.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 10 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.