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Cahermacrusheen

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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On top of a natural roughly E-W running terrace, sloping steeply from N-SE, in an area of rough pasture and karstic limestone outcrops within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and named 'Cahermacrusheen' on the latter ed. Labelled 'Cathair Mhic Croisín' on Robinson's (1977) map. This subcircular cashel (40m E-W; 35.5m N-S) is defined by a scarped platform (H 0.5-1m). At N a line of stones (H 0.3m), extending along the base of the scarp, resembles the lowermost course of a limestone revetment; however, it is unclear whether this is man-made or natural. Two short stretches of a low wide grassed-over collapsed stone and earth bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.2m) visible inside the edge of the scarp at N and E may be the remnants of an enclosing wall. In the thistle- and nettle-covered gently S-sloping interior, a series of very low barely visible earth/stone banks may be the remains of internal features or divisions. A modern water trough and shed were built against the scarp at SE.
On top of a natural roughly E-W running terrace, sloping steeply from N-SE, in an area of rough pasture and karstic limestone outcrops within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and named 'Cahermacrusheen' on the latter ed. Labelled 'Cathair Mhic Croisín' on Robinson's (1977) map. This subcircular cashel (40m E-W; 35.5m N-S) is defined by a…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL008-026

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