Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

On elevated rough pasture with wide views, only limited from E to SE by adjacent higher ground. Within a multiperiod field system (CL005-115001-). Indicated on the 1842 and 1916 eds of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996).

A moderately well-preserved, roughly circular cashel (23.5m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an internally and externally faced wall (Wth 2.5m) that was probably entered though a gap (Wth 3m) at SE. The outer face survives best (H 1-1.3m) and is built on a sheer rock face at W (H 1.9-2.5m). The inner face is much lower (H 0.25-0.5m). A later wall runs on the cashel wall from W to NE. Two small stone-walled rectangular huts abut the outer face of the cashel at E and SW. Both are indicated as roofed on the 1842 OS 6-inch map. A curving earthen bank abuts the E side of the E hut. A semicircular enclosure (CL005-296----) abuts the cashel at N. Other cashels lie c. 120m to the N (CL005-080----) and 90m to the SSE (CL005-079----).

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin

Date of upload: 7 December 2022

References

Record of Monuments and Places as established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, County Clare. Issued by National Monuments and Historic Properties Service 1996. Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands.