Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Rathcahaun, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathcahaun
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1920)
- Coordinates
- 52.92058, -9.01426
- SMR number
- CL025-044----
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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 an undulating landscape in reclaimed pasture. Hachured as a rath on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and as a possible barrow on the 1920 edition and the 25-inch plan. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). On inspection in 1999 it was not visible at ground level and it is not evident on any available aerial images (2024).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 1 December 2025
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.