Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying pasture in Eanty Valley, with a shallow NNE–SSW ravine immediately to the E, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-030001-). Indicated on Robinson’s map of the Burren (1977). This subcircular cashel (int. dims. 25.2m NE–SW; 18.8m NW–SE; ext. dims. 30.8m NE–SW; 25.2m NW–SE) is defined by the grass-covered remains of a double-faced stone wall (Wth 1.2–1.4m; H 0.2–0.6m). The outer wall-face is most visible at NW. Two grass-covered linear mounds of spoil (L c. 6–10m; Wth 2–4m; H c. 0.5m) extend NW–SE across the interior. There is low ill-defined cairn (c. 12m NW–SE; c. 10m NE–SW) in the SW interior. In the NE interior there is an L-shaped linear mound (int. dims. 8m NW–SE; 5m NE–SW) which appears to be spoil rather than the remains of a house or structure.

A cashel (CL009-040003-) and enclosure (CL009-040004-) lie c. 150m to the N.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 19 January 2022

References

Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.