Enclosure in Mooghaun South — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Beneath the later cashel on Mooghaun’s north-west edge, an older circular wall waited in shadow. Slightly smaller than the structure above it, the enclosure may have centred the hidden platform and belonged to a time before the hillfort rose. People likely gathered there in darkness or storm, trusting the solid stones to hold them while the world raged outside.

Situated beneath the cashel (CL042-074004-) on the NW perimeter of the outer rampart of Mooghaun hillfort (CL042-074001-). Detailed survey following clearance of this area in 1994 as part of the Discovery Programme North Munster Project revealed the footing of an earlier wall underneath the cashel and extending slightly to the S and E. The identifiable portion suggested that it was slightly smaller than the cashel (diam. less than 34m). The wall had an outer facing of large stones and a rubble core. This enclosure may have been centred on the platform (CL042-074026-) revealed in this area and may pre-date the hillfort. (Condit and Grogan 2005, 124-5) Coompiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 January 2016

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