What is recorded here

Caherglasha is a subrectangular stone ringfort in County Clare pastureland, marked on maps since 1842 and still holding a collapsed wall base four metres wide. A later field wall climbs its ancient shoulder, blending human layers into one rough edge against the sky. Westropp wrote of an underground passage beside it, hinting the fort may have swallowed more than light.

In gently undulating pastureland, with exposed limestone pavement to the NW, within a relict local field system (CL008-004001-) as well as a larger multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and indicated on the 1920 ed.; named 'Caherglasha' on both maps. Labelled 'Cathair Ghlaise' on Robinson's (1977) map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This subrectangular cashel (int. dims. c. 24m NE-SW; c. 22m NW-SE) is defined by a collapsed stone wall (base Wth 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) upon which a later field wall has been built. Traces of the original outer wall-face remain intact at NW and N. The interior slopes gently to the SSE. According to Westropp (1905, 357) a Man-made underground passage (CL008-012001-) is associated. An overgrown wall (8m NE-SW) abuts the cashel at SSW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 22 August 2022

Caherglasha, Glasha Beg is a small, likely early-medieval ringfort, indicated by its name and hachured representation on the 1842 map edition. The name "Glasha Beg" suggests a local folklore connection to a "little fairy" or otherworldly being, common in Irish tradition associated with such sites.

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