Clochan

The National Monuments Service's description

Calluragh Burial ground (KE052-105001-) /An Cheallúnach: Situated on the lower E slopes of Mount Eagle, this oval enclosure contains within it the remains of a clochaun, a possible souterrain and a cross-slab. A 2nd cross slab was listed at the site by Crawford (1912, 235), and Curran (no.4) recorded the discovery of 2 quernstones here but the present whereabouts of these is not known. Another cross-slab (KE052-106----) stands against the E side of a field fence c. 45m to SE of the site.

Clochaun (KE052-105003-): Only the NW half of this structure survives, incorporated into the SE side of the junction of the dividing walls. It was apparently 3.05m in diameter (Macalister 1899, 213) and its wall stands to a maximum height of 1.3m, the original walling being distinguishable from the overlying field wall by a change in masonry style. The lintelled doorway at NW measures .67m in height, .73m in width and at least .85m in depth but it is now blocked by the later wall. The origin of the stone and earth mound that straddles the dividing wall to S of the clochaun is not known; it is .5m high.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 860. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 8 August 2013