Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liscannor
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Liscannor Fort (Site of)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Liscannor Fort (Site of) (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.93883, -9.38702
- SMR number
- CL015-080----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Just N of the pier in Liscannor. Named ‘Liscannor Fort – site of’ on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Westropp (1910, 155) refers to ‘Passing the little seaport, on the site of the old “Liss” of the O’Conors, that gave the place its name…’. On inspection in 1998 the area was found to be landscaped and occupied by Irish Lights no archaeological remains were visible.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 4 November 2025
References
Westropp 1910 Notes on the antiquities around Kilfenora and Lehinch, Co. Clare, Part 3. Journal of the North Munster Archaeological Society, 1, 147-60.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.