Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

On the gentle S-facing slope of a plateau, in an area of pasture and karst limestone, within a large field system (CL009-001001-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This cashel (ext. dims. 30m E–W; 27m N–S) is roughly D-shaped in plan with a straight N side. It is defined by a drystone wall (H 0.4-8m). A later field boundary has been built on top of it but the outer wall-face of the cashel is visible all round. The wall, including spread, varies in width from 2-3m but is 5-6m wide at N. There is a modern entrance gap at SW. Three depressions (each c. 5–6m ENE–WSW; c. 4m NNW–SSE) have been cut into the N sector of the interior and there is clearance cairn just NE of the centre.

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.