Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Leana, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leana
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.98402, -9.08271
- SMR number
- CL017-242----
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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 level improved pasture overlooked by a higher, overgrown karst plateau to E. Hachured on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 30m), probably a ringfort. Its outline is also indicated on the later OS 25-inch plan (1897) and on the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Not listed in the RMP (1996). Its perimeter is partially visible in shadow on DigitalGlobe aerial imagery (2011-2013) as a low curving scarp traceable WNW-N-NE. A cashel (CL017-022----) lies c. 55m to the NE.
See attached image: CL017-242----_01 Snip of DigitalGlobe aerial image (2011-2013)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 18 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.