What is recorded here

Cloonlaheen West holds a faded ringfort, an earthen circle old enough to belong to legend. It is the kind of place where human hands built a boundary, then disappeared into story. The field may have been a home, a shelter or a marker for a lost lineage. The earth kept the shape long after the people stopped naming it.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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