House - medieval

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in the S centre of Caherwalsh cashel (CL009-059045-), this medieval house is defined by denuded and grass-covered walls (L 15m; 6.4m apart) (see Westropp 1897, 119, Fig. 5; FitzPatrick 2009, 285, Fig. 3; Bowmer 2019, 60). FitzPatrick (2009, 299) identified this as the tighe móir (‘big house’, i.e., main residence) of this cashel / mothair, dating to the late medieval period or perhaps as late as the second half of the 17th century (ibid. 284). Comber (2019, 146) assessed this house as ‘of typical 15th/16th-century size’.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 16 February 2022

References

Westropp, T.J. 1897 Prehistoric stone forts of northern Clare, part III. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 27, 116-27.

Comber, M. 2019 Square ringforts? A contribution to the identification of ‘ringfort’ types. Medieval Archaeology 63(1), 128–53.

Bowmer, T. 2019 Rectilinear drystone cashel and enclosure settlements in the Burren, Co. Clare. The Journal of Irish Archaeology 28, 59–84.

FitzPatrick, E. 2009 Native enclosed settlement and the problem of the Irish 'ring-fort'. Medieval Archaeology 53, 271–307.