Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kells, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kells
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.95912, -9.01528
- SMR number
- CL017-090----
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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
In pasture on the crest of low ENE-WSW ridge overlooking Lough Cullaun c. 140m to the N. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as an enclosure in the RMP (1996). An oval-shaped rath (diams. 42m N-S; 34.5m E-W) is defined by a wide earthen bank (Wth 6-8m; H 0.4-0.7m), that has been reduced to a scarp from W to NNW (H 0.8m). The bank is partially concealed by spoil from field clearance along the N, S, and W. No entrance is obvious. The interior is slightly lower than external ground level and covered in long grass and trees. A later drystone field wall runs on the bank along the E, and there is a stone water trough embedded in the bank at NW.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 20-10-2025
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.