Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

On the S edge of a narrow terrace of rough grazing and outcropping rock backed to N by a low cliff (H 4m) at the S end of the Slievecarran plateau.
A poorly preserved oval enclosure (int. dims. 33.7m E–W; 24.9m N–S) defined by a low grassed-over stone spread from SW to E (Wth 1.2–2.1m; H 0.15–0.5m) and partially quarried bedrock from E–SW, which forms a lip (Wth 0.9m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) along the S limits of the enclosure and the S limits of the narrow terrace upon which the enclosure stands. At NE, two large stones are set perpendicularly to one another; one along the outer base line of the enclosing wall with the second running perpendicularly from it across the enclosing wall line. These stones may mark the site of an original entrance but there is no obvious gap visible. The level interior is featureless and under rough pasture/grazing. A hut site (CL006-135002-) lies 7m N of the enclosure and a souterrain (CL006-048001-) lies c. 95m to the N, just below the final ascent to the Slievecarron plateau. The cashel lies within an extensive and multiperiod field system (CL006-0420001-).

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin

Date of upload: 29 Spetember 2021