Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carnaun (inchiquin By.), Liscullaun (inchiquin By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnaun (inchiquin By.), Liscullaun (inchiquin By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1920)
- Coordinates
- 52.93095, -9.08612
- SMR number
- CL025-009----
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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 slight rise in pasture in undulating countryside. Hachured as a ringfort on the 1840 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A subcircular area (c. 31m N-S; 29m E-W) defined NE-SSE by a wall with some interior facing stones and with a drystone wall (Wth 0.7m; H 0.6-1m) built on top. Elsewhere a faint scarp defines the perimeter. The townland boundary between Carnaun and Liscullaun curves to respect the site along the E side. The interior slopes slightly to the SE. According to local information the site was levelled prior to 1980.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 19 November 2025
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.