What is recorded here

Cloghauns holds two dry-walled clochauns built into a demolished enclosure wall near Ballyferriter, their thick stone sides rising beside an annulus feature that still circles them like a forgotten road. One chamber reaches five and a half metres across, wide enough to suggest timber and thatch rather than stone for its roof, while the other preserves a corbelled incline and internally faced wall. They sit on high ground above Smerwick Harbour, exposed to wind and watchfulness, as if death itself had been given a front-row view of the sea.

National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (5) Clochauns: The dry-walled and conjoined clochauns A (KE042-060005-) and B (KE042-060010-) had been erected on a demolished portion of the enclosure wall in the NW sector. The wall of A survives to a height of 1.2m in places and has an average thickness of over 1m. It is well faced internally and has a definite corbelled incline though its maximum internal diameter of 5.5m suggests that its final roofing was of timber and thatch. Surrounding both structures on almost all sides is an annulus feature as found associated with the stone house on Church Island (O'Kelly 1958, fig.3). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

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