What is recorded here

Enclosure in Curraghkeel sat on a ridge summit in County Clare, mapped as a rath in 1840 and still honoured by a bending townland boundary in 1920. The land remembered the shape long after the earth forgot it, because the boundary itself curved to keep the enclosure whole. What was built there is no longer visible, but the line drawn around it remains, marking a place important enough that people would not drag a border through it.

On the summit of an E-W ridge in pasture. Hachured as a rath on the 1840 OS 6-inch map an indicated with a single line of hachures on the 1920 (Cassini) edition. The townland boundary between Curraghkeel and Liscullaun curves slightly to respect the site and forms the E perimeter. On inspection in 1999 there were no visible traces at ground level. Faint traces of the NW perimeter are visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date: 24 March 2017). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 November 2025

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.