Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknaraha, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknaraha
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.95580, -9.36533
- SMR number
- CL015-046----
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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 rough pasture near the E end of a ridge with good views to the E. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A bivallate rath (int. diam. 18.5m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by an internal round-topped steep-sided earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m), a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.25m; ext. H 0.25m), and an external round-topped earthen bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.1-0.45m) extending from S to NW. An original entrance gap at E (Wth 4.1m) is lined with upright stones and corresponds with a low causeway across the fosse. The interior slopes gently down to SE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 10 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.