What is recorded here

Cahersherkin holds a subcircular earthen ringfort, twenty-six metres across, where a stone-faced wall still reinforces the northern bank. Vehicles have worn the eastern slope into a ramp, yet the sharp southern scarp remains visible through the long silage grass. The site sits near a disused quarry and shed, suggesting human hands have shaped, reused or damaged this ancient boundary for generations.

Near the bottom of a SE-facing slope in a landscape that generally slopes to the S. The site is overgrown with long grass for silage with some scrub at the perimeter in the S. A subcircular ringfort (dims. 26.7m E-W; 23.7m N-S, crest to crest) defined by a bank which is best preserved from N to NNE where it is flat-topped (Wth 0.6m at top; Wth 2m at base; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m). From NNE-SSE the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) and from ESE-SSE the slope of the bank has been further reduced for use by vehicles. From SSE-S, the scarp is sharp and well defined (H 0.5m). From SW to N a stone-faced wall has been incorporated into the ringfort bank (Wth 3.3m) and there is an external drain. A gap at NE (Wth 2m) may be original and a gap at NNE (Wth 3m) may be modern. A shed and a disused quarry are located to the N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 25 July 2022

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