Archaeology and monuments in County Clare
The Discover Alone map has 8,000 archaeology and monuments in County Clare, Ireland. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
Open County Clare on the map
White Point FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortWhite Point Fort in County Clare is a vanished earthen ringfort, not a military stronghold, because its shadow still…
White Point FortEnclosure — large enclosureAt the N edge of a terrace overlooking the sea c. 1km to N. Listed as 'enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996).…
Wedge tomb in GleninsheenWedge tombNo visible chamber remains at this site. The ground holds a buried wedge tomb, not a missing room. Any claim that the…
Wedge tomb in Faunarooska (rathborney Ed)Wedge tombFaunarooska holds two wedge tombs on a narrow ridge above the Caher valley, their angular chambers still visible…
Wedge tomb in Faunarooska (rathborney Ed)Wedge tombFaunarooska holds a collapsed wedge tomb on a ridge above the Caher valley, its capstone and sidestones now…
Tullycommon Wedge TombArchaeological placeTullycommon Wedge Tomb is a small wedge-shaped gallery grave built around 2250 BC in County Clare, Ireland. Its narrow…
Tullagh FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortHalf a kilometre of unbroken sky, a shallow breath of grass, then the rampart rises like a wall drawn across the…
Trees;Irreg broken indicationFairy fort / earthen ringfortBreaks in the tree line reveal a hidden Clare ringfort, probably built when people wanted defensible ground or a…
Town defences in Bunratty East,bunratty WestTown defencesBroad-based high-crested ramparts ran from the stream to the sea, enclosing Bunratty East and Bunratty West against…
Toormore FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortToormore Fort is a subcircular earthen ringfort on a south-facing Clare hillside, its low bank still marking a boundary…
TooreenbaunEnclosureThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Tondrislee FortEnclosureThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
TobersheelaHoly wellTobersheela is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland. It holds two small rectangular rock-cut pools separated by a…
TobernasoolHoly wellTobernasool is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland. It is a ritual site where people may have prayed, washed wounds or…
Tobernaneeve (Site of)Holy wellTobernaneeve marks the lost site of a holy well in County Clare, where clean water likely fed both life and prayer. The…
TobernaneebeHoly wellTobernaneebe is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, where clean water still rises through ancient stone. People may…
TobernaneebeHoly wellTobernaneebe is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland. It is a ritual site where people may have prayed, washed wounds…
Tobernamanorha (Site of)Holy wellTobernamanorha (Site of) is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland. The name suggests a water source tied to Nanorha…
Tobernamackauv (1951-52)Holy wellTobernamackauv is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, recorded for 1951-52. It marks a ritual site where clean water…
TobermurraghHoly wellTobermurragh is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, where clean water still rises through ancient stone. People may…
TobermochullaHoly wellTobermochulla is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, where clean water still rises through ancient stone. It is the…
TobermochullaHoly wellTobermochulla is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, marked as a ritual site where clean water still touches the…
TobermacreaghHoly wellTobermacreagh hides in hawthorn overgrowth at the western edge of the Poulacarran Valley, its rectangular stone wall…
ToberlaughteenHoly wellToberlaughteen is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland. It marks an old ritual place where clean water rose through…
Toberlanniv Holy WellHoly wellToberlanniv Holy Well sat at the boundary of Toonagh and Cahercalla, marked clearly on the 1840 map but reduced to a…
ToberinneenboyHoly wellToberinneenboy is a small rectangular holy well hidden on a wooded slope in County Clare, marked on maps since 1842 and…
ToberinneenboyHoly wellToberinneenboy was a holy well on the River Rine when the 1840 map named it, but the 1922 edition already called it a…
ToberinneenboyHoly wellToberinneenboy is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, dedicated to Inghean-Bhaoith, Patroness of Kilnaboy. The spring…
ToberinneenboyHoly wellToberinneenboy is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland. It is a ritual site where clean water still rises through earth…
ToberinneenboyHoly wellToberinneenboy is a holy well dedicated to Inion Baoith in County Clare, Ireland. The rectangular bedrock hole sits at…
ToberinneenboyHoly wellToberinneenboy is a small holy well dedicated to Iníon Baoith, hidden at the bottom of a south-facing slope beside the…
Tobergrania Holy WellHoly wellTobergrania Holy Well is a ritual site in County Clare, Ireland, where clean water still rises through ancient stone.…
TobereenaghHoly wellTobereenagh is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, where clean water has likely refreshed tired bodies and fed quiet…
ToberdooranHoly wellToberdooran is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, and one of the region's oldest ritual water sites. People have…
TobercravanHoly wellTobercravan is a holy well in County Clare where people still walk clockwise rounds and drink three sips for eye…
TobercornanHoly wellTobercornan is a holy well in County Clare where a natural spring fills a partially quarried rock pool inside a square…
Tobercoolan (Covered)Holy wellTobercoolan is a covered holy well in County Clare, Ireland. It is a ritual site where people once gathered to pray…
TobercemyHoly wellTobercemy is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, where clean water still rises from the earth. People may have drunk…
ToberbreedaHoly wellToberbreeda is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, where a circular stone-lined area sits at the west edge of a small…
ToberboydanHoly wellToberboydan is a shallow drystone well in County Clare where people once bathed sore eyes and delicate children. It…
Toberarraghta FortFairy fort / stone ringfortToberarraghta is a fairy fort, a stone ringfort in County Clare where the boundary between human law and ancient claim…
ToberanahircalloughHoly wellToberanahircallough is a holy well in County Clare where an underground stream flows east to west through a narrow…
ToberacollureHoly wellToberacollure is a hidden holy well in County Clare, marked only by a low stone cairn and three whitethorn bushes on…
The RathFairy fort / earthen ringfortThe Rath stands as a circular fortress on the northern slope of a Clare ridge, its steep inner bank rising nearly five…
Teerleheen FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortTeerleheen Fort was a living clay chamber where children ran before a school wall swallowed it in 1941. The building…
Stone Cross (Site of)CrossThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
St. Tolas CrossCross — High crossSt. Tola’s white cross stands on a low mound beside the Dysert O’Dea church, its limestone arms carrying Christ, a…
St Patricks Holy Well (Site of)Holy wellSt Patricks Holy Well (Site of) marks a ritual watering place in County Clare, Ireland. The exact well is no longer…
St Michaels WellHoly wellSt Michaels Well is a ritual holy well in County Clare, Ireland. It is a place where clean water and human belief meet…
St Martins WellHoly wellSt Martins Well is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland. It is a ritual site where people have long gone to pray, heal…
St Bridgets WellHoly wellSt Bridgets Well in County Clare is a rectangular stone chamber where a buried stream still flows beneath the floor.…
St. Augustines WellHoly wellSt. Augustines Well in County Clare is a drystone monument built around a dead ash tree, marking a place where crowds…
Slievenaglasha Wedge TombArchaeological placeSlievenaglasha Wedge Tomb is a ruined Neolithic burial chamber on a Clare hilltop where local story claims a magic…
Skaghabanoo / HachuredFairy fort / earthen ringfortSkaghabanoo is a large circular bivallate rath on a SW-facing hill slope in County Clare, positioned almost equidistant…
Site of Moher FortPromontory fort — coastalBritish soldiers stripped Moher Fort during the Napoleonic Wars to build a signal tower, yet the Cliffs of Moher still…
(Site of) Kilmore ChurchChurchKilmore Church stands in County Clare, Ireland. Its location is known even though its history remains hidden. The…
Site of Kilcolmanbara ChurchChurchKilcolmanbara Church stood on level pasture at the west end of the Kilcorney Valley, traditionally believed to be the…
Site of Gortaclare FortFairy fort / ringfortGortaclare Fort has vanished from the Clare pasture except for the mouth of an underground passage, which still marks…
Shrine in KilcorcoranShrineThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
SheepfoldFairy fort / stone ringfortSheepfold is a ruined cashel in Clare marsh pasture, still named for keeping flocks although its low stone wall has…