Clochan

The National Monuments Service's description

At the NW end of a NW-SE ridge, c. 73m W of the W gable of Clonamery church (KK033-021001-), in rough pasture. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 121), outside the graveyard wall of the medieval church of Clonamery (KK033-021001-), 'to the W, 'at a distance of five [25m] or six perches [30m] from the church, and occupying the highest point of the elevated ridge on which the sacred edifice stands, may be noticed the foundations of two of those circular clochawns, or bee-hive shaped stone houses of which we read in connection with our ancient Celtic monasteries. One is 14½ ft. [4.42m] in diameter, the other 11ft. [3.35m]'. Only one of these structures is visible at ground level. It is a roughly circular cairn (overall diam. 0.71m N-S; 7.4m E-W; diam. at top 2.2m N-S; 1.5m E-W; H 0.35m to upslope; H 1.4m above downslope), possibly with internal kerbing, though there is only one stone evident with its flat-face towards the interior. The base of the cairn to W and NW is defined by kerbing.

Visited by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 23 January 2017

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.