Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coad, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coad
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.96240, -9.07896
- SMR number
- CL017-065----
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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
On a high, flat rise in undulating pastureland. Hachured as a circular feature on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Hachured as a subrectangular feature on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subrectangular rath (int. dims. 23.6m WNW-ESE; 21.1m NNE-SSW; ext. dims. 33.3m WNW-ESE; 29.2m NNE-SSW) is defined by a bank (Wth 3.7-5.8m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.1-0.6m). A possible grass-covered field bank extends NW from the NW corner of the rath, and may be cut by the garden of modern house. A modern field boundary extending NNW-SSE overlies the NE corner of the rath. A mid-19th century racecourse (CL017-202001-) ran N-S immediately to the W of this rath.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 19 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.