Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carnaun (inchiquin By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnaun (inchiquin By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1920)
- Coordinates
- 52.92809, -9.09145
- SMR number
- CL025-007----
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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
At the bottom of a S-facing slope in pasture. Hachured on the Cassini 1920 OS 6-inch map and on the 25-inch map as a rath (diam. c. 30m) with an external fosse hachured along the W. A NW-SE field boundary crossing the NE quadrant is also indicated. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). On inspection in 1999 there were no visible remains at ground level.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 19 November 2025
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.