Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

On a prominent rise in area of outcropping limestone overgrown with scrub and overlooked by higher ground to the SSE, within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This subcircular cashel (int. dims. 26.6m E-W; 25.4m N-S) is defined by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 1.75m; H 0.7-1m) with associated tumble (Wth 1.5-2m) visible at its base both internally and externally. A few upright stones may be the remains wall-facing. Numerous cattle gaps cut through the wall. Within the NE quadrant of the interior, two barely visible overgrown banks define a triangular area (4.7m E-W; 4.5m N-S) that may be the remains of an internal division. In the centre, several mainly small upright stones, forming a circle, are stuck in the limestone gykes. One larger stone was visible at S and another at W. Old field walls extend off the cashel at SW and W.

The following images have been uploaded:
CL008-020----_01.jpg View from NNW
CL008-020----_02.jpg View from SSE

Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 26 August 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.