Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

In a slight fold of the S-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims 45.3m E-W; 39m N-S) defined by a grass-covered earth and stone spread (Wth 3-5m; H 0.2-0.5m) with internal and external facing-stones (at N: original Wth 2m). The stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.6m) is at SE. The site is surrounded by the relict field banks of the field system (RO022-057003-), and one N-S field bank overlies the interior. Souterrain (RO022-057040-) is just outside the perimeter at WSW, and the concentric enclosure (RO022-057035-) is c. 100m to the N. (Knox 1914a, 29-30, cashel No. 4; Herity 1983, Fig. 37, Glenballythomas 26; Waddell 1983, 31, No. 15)

This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 473

See the attached aerial image taken from the E.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.

Knox, H.T. 1914 Ruins of Cruachain Ai. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 1-50.

Waddell, J. 1983 Rathcroghan - a royal site in Connaught. Journal of Irish Archaeology 1, 21-46.