Rinneen

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rinneen, from 20 m² to 668,410 m² (66.84 ha, 165.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Rinneen in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Rinneen in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Special Protection Area: Corofin Wetlands SPA 004220
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926

Recorded monuments

• CL017-124 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in pasture, overlooking Lough Atedaun c. 140m to the W. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subcircular rath (int. diam. 33m N-S; ext. diam. 40.1m N-S; 39.1m E-W) is defined by a broad, low earthen bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.3-0.7m) incorporating a large stone (L 1.3m; Wth 1m) at E. The bank is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m) from E-S.   Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott   Date of upload: 29-10-2025

• CL017-125 Crannog
  Description

  On the W bank of a river flowing SW into Lough Atedaun, in grass-covered boggy ground which floods periodically. Indicated and named ‘Illaunattee’ on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Potential site (name)’ in the RMP (1996). This subcircular area (diam. c. 35m) is free of scrub and trees compared to the surrounding ground and, according to local information, is more solid ground than its wet and boggy surrounds.    Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott    Date of upload: 29-10-2025

• CL017-126 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a broad low ridge running ENE-WSW, in pasture, with wide views to E and W. Indicated as a small subrectangular area and named ‘Kilmaskuit Burial Ground’ on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map. Labelled ‘Kilmaskuit Burial Gd.’ (Disused)’ on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Burial ground’ in the RMP (1996). According to local information (1999), this is a children’s burial ground and comprises an elongated mound (25m N-S; 7m E-W; H 0.3-0.5m) located in the NE corner of a field where field boundary walls define its N and E limits. Some field stones lie on the ground but none are earthfast or set upright. There is a rath (CL017-213----) c. 85m to the N, and another (CL017-128----) c. 160m to the ENE.   Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott   Date of upload: 29-10-2025

• CL017-127 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  About halfway along a gentle N-facing downslope in pasture, with a wide views out to N. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This fairly well-preserved oval rath (int. diams. 30.5m NW-SE; 23m NE-SW) is defined by a bank (Wth 2-3.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) with an outer round-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 2.7m; Wth of top 6-7.5m; D 0.2-0.3m) which survives from N-E-SE. There are facing-stones on the inside of the bank from E-SE, and intermittently from S-WSW. The bank is eroded from S-W, while its outer edge from SE-WSW has field-clearance material and field stones added to the perimeter. A modern drystone wall overlies the original enclosing element in the NW sector. The interior is grass-covered, with a blackthorn tree at SE. A ringfort (CL017-129----) lies c. 125m to the NE.   Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott    Date of upload: 29-10-2025

• CL017-128 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the top of a broad ENE-WSW running ridge in pasture, with wide views except to the E where the ground is slightly higher. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This well-preserved subcircular rath (int. diams. 30m ENE-WSW; 25.6m NNW-SSE; ext. dims. 37.6m ENE-WSW; 33m NNW-SSE) is defined by a whitethorn-covered, flat-topped earthen bank (3-4.5m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 0.3-0.6m). The bank has grass-covered facing-stones (L c. 0.5m; H 0.3m) on its inner face from NE-E-SSE, which are also visible intermittently elsewhere. The bank’s outer edge has been pushed inwards from SE-S, and has been added to all around by spoil and cleared field stones. A later gap (Wth 6m) at NW has been infilled with field stones. There is a second later gap (Wth 3m) at NE, in which facing-stones can be seen and a third later gap (int. Wth 0.5m; ext. Wth 2m) at SE is lined by a large field stone on either side. An ENE-WSW running field wall has truncated the N edge of the rath. There is another rath (CL017-213----) c. 150m to the WNW, and a children’s burial ground (CL017-126----) c. 160m to the WSW.   Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott    Date of upload: 29-10-2025

• CL017-129 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Mid way along a N-facing slope in pasture, with a small fold in the hillslope just to the E. Hachured on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This large poorly preserved bivallate rath (int. diams. 38.8m NW-SE; 29.6m NE-SW; ext. dims. 54.7m NW-SE; 51.7m NE-SW) is defined by an inner bank, an outer bank and an intervening fosse. The degraded inner earthen bank (Wth c. 3.1-3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3-0.8m) is only traceable from SW-NW-NNE. Possible facing-stones protrude from the bank’s centre from SE-SW; these slabs (max. dims. L 0.8m; Wth 0.4m; H 0.5m over bank) are set on edge, and are non-contiguous probably due to damage. The inner bank is non-extant from NNE-E-SW, except for a possible spoil mound at SE. The fosse (Wth 5-8m) is generally flat but at the NW there is a distinct berm (Wth 1.7m) on its inner edge – the outer edge of the inner bank - and then a slight dip forming the fosse (Wth c. 3m). The outer bank (Wth 2-4m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 0.3-0.6m) is also composed of earth, but is very degraded with possible inner/outer facing-stones visible protruding from the bank’s centre from ENE-S-W. There is an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at the ENE, now used by machinery. Some field stones (max. dims. L 1.5m; Wth 1m; H 1m) are added to the outer bank fromW-NNE, where there is a probable modern gap (W 2.8m) caused by large field stones being pushed into the fosse area. Within the interior is a low meandering bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.2-0.4m) of spoil, extending SW from the centre to the inner bank. A ringfort (CL117-127----) lies c. 125m to the SW.   Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott   Date of upload: 29-10-2025

• CL017-130 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  At the top of a steep N-facing slope, with wide views out from N-E-SE. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. This circular cashel (int. diams. 21.6m E-W; 21.3m N-S; ext. dims. 37.4m N-S; 31.5m E-W) is defined by a poorly preserved stone wall (Wth 1.9-2m; H c. 0.4m) and collapsed rubble. The inner wall-face is traceable intermittently from W-N-E. The perimeter has been damaged by field-clearance activity, especially from E-S where the wall is obscured by a grass- and moss-covered bank of spoil (combined Wth 7-9m; H 0.4-0.9m). There is a souterrain (CL017-130002-) in the W sector of the partly tree-covered interior. Westropp (1913, 241) noted ‘a trace of a hut-enclosure’ against the cashel wall to the N of this souterrain. A low grass-covered wall (L 5m) running E-W through the E sector is probably a remnant of a later field system. Overlying the collapsed cashel wall at SSW is a circular stone cell (int. diam. 1.6m) defined by a grass-covered wall footing (Wth 0.7m; max. H 0.4m), but open to the N.   Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott   Date of upload: 29-10-2025

• CL017-130002 Souterrain
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL017-134 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL017-172 Causeway
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL017-213 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL017-214 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL017-215 Memorial stone
  Description

  Situated on a NE-facing slope with wide views to N. Surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. A limestone memorial stone (Wth 0.75m; H 1.5m; T 0.13-0.15m) set upright and oriented WNW-ESE with a crude inscription on the N side. The S side is rough and unfinished. The inscription reads ‘This stone was erected by Michael Reidy in memory of this moth.. Bridget Cah(?)ikawll(?) died in the year 1795 aged 61.’ The name after Bridget may be Caherlough, the townland to the E of this location. There is a large ‘IHS’ above the inscription in very low relief. The top edge of the stone curves up and down as in 18th-century headstones. According to local information the stone lay flat until the field was reclaimed in the 1970s and did not mark a burial. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 August 2016

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rinneen.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rinneen.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Rinneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Rinneen

Area

1,848,597 m² (184.86 ha, 456.8 acres)

Civil parish

Ruan, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Ruan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ruan electoral division: 767 people in 276 households; 84% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh, Bealickania, Caherlough, Cooga, Islandmore, Kells, Killeen, Kilvoydan, Ooankeagh, Tonlegee, Tullyodea

Placenames

Rinneen on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.