Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

On limestone pavement with some grass cover, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). The land rises immediately to the N and c. 80m to the S. Listed as ‘Enclosure (possible)’ in the RMP (1996).
A rectangular cashel (ext. dims. 40.9m E–W; 34.7m N–S) defined by low grassed-over stone walls (H 0.4–0.7m; Wth c. 1.5m). A later, roughly NNE-SSW running, drystone wall (H 1.3m) is built immediately outside the line of the E wall and another ENE-WSW running field wall is just outside the N wall. Outer wall-facing is visible intermittently along the S, W and N walls. Grassed-over spreads of stone (Wth 4-5m) are visible around the walls. An entrance-like feature (Wth 1.15m) is visible about mid-way along the E wall. It is defined by two upright stones (N stone: H 1.14m; Wth 0.45m; T 0.18m; S stone: H 1.06m; Wth 0.4m; T 0.15m) which are visible immediately inside the NNE-SSW running drystone wall. About 3m to the W of these, two further stones, flush with the ground level of the interior of the cashel, mark what appears to be a raised pathway (H 0.3m; basal Wth c. 2m; upper Wth c. 1m) that leads towards a centrally located rectangular house (CL009-009002-). Another structure (CL009-009003-) is visible against the W wall and there is a small cell-like structure (int. dims. 5m E–W; 4.6m N–S) in the SW angle.

The following image has been attached:
CL009-009001- (entrance from W).jpg

Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 20 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.