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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
52.96132, -9.35456
SMR number
CL015-055----

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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 at the E end of a low ridge aligned E-W with good views to SE and S. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (int. 16.5m N-S) defined by a degraded earthen bank (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.1m), reduced to a scarp in places (H 0.65m), and an outer fosse (Wth 3.1m; ext. D 0.15m). Both bank and fosse are visible from N to SSW and are densely overgrown elsewhere. Gaps run through the bank at ESE (Wth 2m) and ENE (1m). The interior slopes gently to the E and is covered in rushes. No internal features are visible. A rath (CL015-054----) lies c. 80m to the W.

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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