What is recorded here

Cromlechs is a small wedge tomb set within an oval cairn on a high Clare ridge, where wide views stretch across rough pasture and exposed limestone. Its narrow chamber, bounded by parallel sidestones and smaller internal slabs, still holds the shape of a place made for entry, observation, and memory. People may have carried dead toward that opening or gathered above it to mark seasons, because the site sits clearly visible among other ancient structures nearby.

On a rise at the top of a NE-SW orientated ridge (above the 500’ contour) in mixed rough pasture and exposed limestone pavement, with an E-W running field wall just to the S, and offering wide views all around. Indicated and labelled as ‘Cromlech’ on the OS 25-inch plan (1897). Indicated and labelled ‘Cromlechs’ on the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map to include a nearby wedge tomb (CL017-015004-) and a megalithic structure (CL017-015001-). Described as a cist by Westropp (1905, 214) and as a ‘long cist in cairn’ by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 94). Listed as ‘Cist’ in the RMP (1996). This small wedge tomb (max. L 2.1m; int. Wth 0.8m at W, narrowing to 0.57m at E; H 0.3-0.4m) lies at the centre of an oval-shaped cairn (6.3m E-W; 4.6m N-S; H 0.4-0.9m). The tomb chamber is orientated E-W, and its remains consist of two roughly parallel sidestones (N stone L 1.5m; S stone L 1.45m; H 0.3-0.4m), set 0.8m apart at the W and 0.57m apart at the E. Two smaller slabs set on edge run N-S between the sidestones near their E end. Another N-S orientated slab is set on edge 0.6m to the W of the sidestones. There is a small, flat-lying slab within the chamber. A megalithic structure (CL017-015001-) lies c. 54m to the S. There is another wedge tomb (CL010-092----) c. 73m to the N, and another (CL017-015004-) c. 85m to the WSW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 23-10-2025

A Neolithic passage tomb; significant as part of a rare group of cromlechs in the region, reflecting early megalithic funerary practices.

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