What is recorded here
Three clochans sit east of the cashel in Baile Na Bhfionnúrach, two joined like a figure of eight. They are not decorative; they belong to the entrance, the defense and the daily life of the place. The stones still point toward the gate, as if waiting for someone to remember the shape of the house they helped build.
'To the east of the cashel [KE034-041----], immediately south of the entrance, are the remains of three cloghauns [KE034-041003-, KE034-041004-, KE034-041005-] roughly in a row, two are conjoined in a figure of eight. A direct relationship between the cloughans and the cashel cannot be discounted' (Gibbons 1998, 81).
Reference: Gibbons E. 1998 'Cathair Fionnuragh (Cathair a bhoghasin), Ballynavenooragh' in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1997: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. p. 80-81.
Date of upload/revision: 4 December 2017
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