Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

In a prominent position, close to E end of a ridge, on Inis Mór. This Nat. Mon., known locally as Dún Eochla, is a restored bivallate cashel, defined by an inner oval drystone rampart (N-S 27.3m, E-W 22.7m) and an outer subrectangular one (N-S 76.1m, E-W 50.4m). The inner rampart has two internal terraces with interconnecting steps, and an entrance at NE. The interior contained two houses (GA110-138001- and GA110-138002-) of which no visible surface trace survives; a circular clearance cairn now stands in the centre. The outer rampart, also partly terraced, has an entrance at SSE. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 230-40; Weir 1980, 260; Westropp 1895, 260)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.

References

Westropp, T.J. 1895 Proceedings: Aran Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 25, 250-74.

Weir, A. 1980 Early Ireland: a field guide. Belfast. Blackstaff Press.

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.