Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

At the E edge of a plateau with lower ground to the E. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A small almost completely circular cashel (24.9m N–S; 24.6m E–W) defined by a double-faced stone wall (Wth 1.5-1.7m; ext. H 0.7–1m). Both wall-faces can be traced all round. The outer face is better preserved but some spill occurs at N and S. The inner face is almost flush with the level of the interior and is best preserved at S and W. A possible break (Wth 1.3m) in the upper wall surface at W may mark the entrance. Just to the S of this is a discarded lintel (L 1.75m; Wth 0.2m; T 0.2m). The interior slopes slightly to the W. Six collapsed and overgrown field walls that abut the cashel from NNW to SW may be associated with it. Another cashel (CL009-001018-) lies c. 77m to the NW and there is an enclosure (CL009-001022-) c. 105m to the NE.

Compiled by Conn Herriott and Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 11 October 2021

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.