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Enclosure in Ballycahan

Enclosure

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In the centre of a cashel (CL008-130001-) that lies within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). A subcircular enclosure (int. dims. 8.8m N-S; 8m E-W) defined by a collapsed and grass-covered wall (Wth 0.6m; H 0.15m) with a gap (Wth 0.7m) at the N. A Man-made underground passage (CL008-130002-) lies c. 11m to the NE at the NW edge of another cashel (CL008-147----) visible on OSi MapGenie 2013-2018-.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL008-130003

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Pictures: No machine-readable author provided. Bogman assumed (based on copyright claims)., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5; The Banner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Gareth James, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Bob Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Valfex, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; P.hammer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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