Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

In level pasture c. 110m S of Lough George. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as an ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1913, 242) as a ‘cathair’ with a ‘wall 6 feet [c. 1.8m] thick to the west, where it is only 3 feet [c. 0.9m] high and 10 feet [c. 3m] thick, and over 4 feet high[c. 1.2m] to the east. The north and north-west parts are levelled to the foundations, which are large blocks’. A poorly preserved subcircular cashel (int. diam. 33m), much reduced since Westropp’s visit, defined by a wide low bank (Wth 2-5m; ext. H 1m; int. H 1.2m) from E-S-W.  The bank incorporates some large stones blocks (L 1.5m; Wth 1m; D 0.5m), the surviving remains of original cashel walling. The interior is slightly lower than the surrounding ground level. 

Westropp, T.J. 1913 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) in the Corofin district, Co. Clare. (No. XI) (continued). Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 3(3), 232-260.

 

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell

 

Date of upload: 21-10-2025

References

Westropp, T.J. 1913 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) in the Corofin district, Co. Clare (no. 11). Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 43, 232-60.