House - indeterminate date

The National Monuments Service's description

Within the interior of the cashel (GA113-094----). The foundations of four rectangular houses are traceable -House 1: GA113-094002- in the NW quadrant overlies the NE part of the souterrain (GA113-094001-). It consists of the well-defined foundations of double-faced stone walls (6m by 4m); House 2: GA113-094003- abuts the cashel wall at NE and consists of the poorly preserved remains of a possible two-roomed house (8m by 5m); House 3: GA113-094004- in the SE quadrant is to the N of the cashel entrance; the poorly preserved foundations of the N and W walls of a house of indeterminate size, which is overlain by a modern wall, survive; House 4: GA113-094005- in the S sector of the interior consists a low platform defined by a wall of large blocks (6m by 2.5m overall). (McCaffrey 1952, 268, no. 5)

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 10 September 2019

References

McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.