What is recorded here

Ballyclancahill holds a broken stone ring at the foot of Ballyganner hill, its outer wall still showing three horizontal courses of heavy clay stones. The gaps at NNW and ENE are not doorways but places where the fort surrendered to rain, roots and time. It sits beside another cashel and a smaller enclosure, suggesting a neighbourhood rather than a lonely marker. The fairies may have taken the roof and the name, but the bones of the building remain stubbornly human.

On the S extent of a shelf at the base of Ballyganner hill, with gently sloping ground to the E and SE and within an extensive field system (CL009-059001-). Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A subcircular area (ext. dims. 28.6m NE-SW; 24.6m NW-SE) defined by a stone spread (Wth 1-1.5m) of wall collapse. The outer face of the wall (H 1-1.5m) is well defined all the way around and comprises up to three courses of stone laid horizontally (individual stones: L c. 0.8m; Wth 0.4m; H 0.8m). At NW a drystone wall is built on top of the outer face. Gaps occur at NNW and ENE but are not original entrances. The interior is a built up and is level with the stone spread defining the perimeter. An enclosure (CL016-020035-) abuts the cashel to the SE and a cashel (CL016-020013-) lies c. 18m to the NNW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 23 March 2022

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