House - indeterminate date

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in the N half of the inner enclosure at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) and conjoined with another hut site at E (Hencken 1938, 2, structure 6; CL010-064090-). A curvilinear house (diam. 7m) with a hearth (Hencken 1938, 2, structure 5) forming part of a cellular complex. Hencken (ibid., 2) noted that this structure was occupied by people ‘secondary to the chief’ but of only slightly less importance. From the point of view of attack this was the safest part of the fort possibly explaining why the principal dwellings where located there (Cotter 1999, 66). A large hearth between this house and the wall of the enclosure may have been associated with another structure (Hencken, Structure 5A). Cahercommaun is a national monument in State care. (Hencken 1938, 1-81; Cotter 1999, 41-95)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 4 October 2016

References

Hencken, H. O'Neill 1938 Cahercommaun: a stone fort in County Clare. Dublin. Royal Society of Antiquaries (extra volume).

Cotter, C. 1999 Cahercommaun Fort, Co. Clare: a reassessment of its cultural context. Discovery Programme Reports 5, 41-95. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.