What is recorded here

One of two uninjured cahers in County Clare, the ring-barrow still stands inside an old field system, its broken bank marked by rabbit holes and a later gap. Westropp praised its survival in 1898, yet cattle and time have worn much of the stone into soil. The barrow is not a complete monument but a damaged edge, preserving only enough shape to resist forgetting.

In a slight sheltered depression surrounded by higher ground on all sides except W and NW and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘cashel’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1898, 361) as one of two ‘uninjured cahers’. A subcircular ring-barrow (30.5m NNE-SSW; 26m WNW-ESE) with a roughly circular central mound (15m NNE-SSW; 14.6m WNW-ESE) which is poorly preserved from S to NW and is defined by a fosse (Wth 2.6-3.6m; ext. H 0.55-0.9m; int. H 0.4-0.6m) and a bank (Wth 2.4-5.2m; int. H 0.55-0.9m; ext. H 0.3-0.9m). The fosse has displaced rocks from the bank at its flat base and the bank has been considerably disturbed by rabbit burrows. The bank contains occasional boulders and has been disturbed by cattle at N where a mixture of clay, gravel and stone has been exposed. A later gap (Wth 4.8m) has been cut into the bank at S. The bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.1m) is best preserved to the E of this gap and is poorly preserved from WSW-WNW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 15 June 2022

A Neolithic or Bronze Age ring-barrow; its location within a multiperiod field system suggests long-term landscape use and ritual significance.

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