Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilfenora, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilfenora
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisknockahatteen
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisknockahatteen (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.98242, -9.21344
- SMR number
- CL016-017----
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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
Near the summit of a NE facing slope, on a prominent hill in an area of fertile hilly pasture and overlooked by higher ground to the S. A stream runs beside the NW edge of the mound and a road curves around the mound from N to SW. Named ‘Lisknockahatteen’ and hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996).
An earthen mound which is widest at the base (22m N-S) and narrows towards the top (L 14.7m NW-SE; Wth 13m NE-SW; H 2.1m) with an oval earthen mound (L 4.1m NE-SE; Wth 3m; H 0.4m) situated on the S extent of the summit. The sides of the mound along the N and E are steeper than elsewhere, possibly due to the building of the road. A low bank (H 1m) near the base at the N may be an original feature or may be associated with modern disturbance. The road appears to have cut the bottom edge and the W extent has been quarried. A telegraph pole sits in the NE extent of the summit.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL016-017----_01.jpg View of rath from S
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 14 March 2022
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.