What is recorded here

Coolnatullagh holds a circular enclosure eighty metres across, one of three prehistoric farmsteads clustered on the lower slopes of Gortaclare Mountain. Southwestern stones still face inward and outward, proving people built deliberately rather than leaving random debris behind. A modern fence crosses the ancient margin, yet the separate small enclosure a hundred metres east and scattered cairns suggest the valley remained a lived landscape long after its first makers departed.

Situated in the Coolnatullagh valley on the lower slopes of Gortaclare Mountain. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 80m) forming part of one of three prehistoric ‘farmsteads’ in the valley (see also CL006-098002- and CL006-146----). At SW internal and external stone facing is apparent. A large field defined by mound walls is attached to the S and the mound walls in this area are part of a large field system (CL006-042001-)covering Gortaclare Mountain. A modern enclosure overlies the prehistoric enclosure. A separate small enclosure (CL006-145----) lies c. 110m to the E. Small cairns are located to the S, E and N of the farm. (Carey 2008, 57; Jones et al. 2011, 41) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 May 2016

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