House - indeterminate date

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a steep SW-facing hill slope, part of the western flanks of Knockmore. There is a stream c. 35m to S. The house is associated with an enclosure (MA084-003001-), it lies just inside the line of the enclosure in the southern quadrant. It comprises a well-defined house (NNE–SSW 3.9m, ESE–WNW 3.5m), roughly rectangular in plan. It is delimited throughout by a grassy bank of uneven height from which numerous lichen-covered stones protrude, particularly on the internal slopes. At the southern end of the house a number of these stones appear to mark the line of an internal revetment to south-south-western wall and southern portion of the east-south-eastern wall. The interior is grassy and uneven, being strewn with a number of small boulders, stones and one long slab. A gap (Wth 0.6m) about midway along the eastern wall marks the entrance. It is defined by two stones protruding from the bank. A number of other stones protrude from the outer face of the bank along the western side, possibly part of an external revetment.

Adjoining the house at the northern end is a small D-shaped annexe (NNE–SSW 3m, ESE– WNW 2.7m) labelled ‘B’ on Fig. 36. This is defined by a grassy bank of similar character to that of the house, although slightly less substantial. A couple of small stones protrude from its inner face at N, possibly marking the line of an inner revetment. A boulder protrudes from the bank at E, just S of a gap (Wth 0.55m) that probably marks the entrance. The interior is grassy and slightly dished in profile. The flat, southern side of the annexe is formed by the wall of the adjoining house.

The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.

Date of upload: 29 November 2018

References

Gosling, P., Manning, C. and Waddell, J. (eds.) 2007 New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 5: Archaeology. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy.