Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

On a low rise, in native woodland, c. 27m to SSW of a modern dwelling. Depicted on the 1921 edition of the OS 6-inch map and the OS 25-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 20m N-S; c. 24m E-W) defined by a single enclosing element. Archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping immediately to the N in advance of the building of a new dwelling (Finn 1999; 2000, 15; Licence no. 99E0153) produced no archaeological material. At that stage the monument was described as being in a poor state of preservation with trees growing across the entire area. The monument was described by Discovery Programme staff (2006, SMR file) as a cashel (int. diam. 29m E-W; 26m N-S) with a well preserved wall (Wth 2.2m; H 1.8m) at E located on a gentle W-facing slope immediately above a steep slope.

The following images have been uploaded:

CL035-099----_01.jpg From SW. General view across area of monument (taken from roadside wall).
CL035-099----_02.jpg From NW. General view across area of monument (taken from roadside wall).

Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 20 March 2018

References

Finn, D. 1999 Archaeological monitoring of groundworks at Cloonaherna, Cragganowen, Co. Clare. Licence no. 99E0153. Unpublished report, National Monuments Section, Heritage and Planning Division, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.

Finn, D. 2000 Cloonaherna. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 15 (No. 49). Bray. Wordwell.