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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
52.95580, -9.36533
SMR number
CL015-046----

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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 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

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

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