What is recorded here

The cashel in Ballyconnoe South is a subcircular stone ring, 47.4m long and 40m wide, on a karst plateau in County Clare. Its wall has collapsed into a grassy stony spread, but the outer face still traces the whole circle. A narrow gap at the north, lined with dressed stones, may be the original entrance. The shape is clear enough to walk, measure and imagine without inventing what is no longer visible.

On a gently undulating karst plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). This subcircular or oval cashel (int. dims. 47.4m NNW–SSE; 40m ENE–WSW) is defined by a stone wall (original Wth 1.4–1.5m) that has generally collapsed to form a grass-covered stony spread (Wth 2.5–4m; ext. H 0.5–0.6m; int. H 0.3–0.4m), which is visible from S through W and N to E. The outer wall-face can generally be traced all round. A gap (Wth 0.8m) at N, lined on either side by outward-facing dressed stones, may be the original entrance. An old grass-covered N-S running field wall cuts across the E half of the interior. Field walls extending off the cashel at E and SSW may be contemporary with the field system. A later drystone wall has been built along the perimeter from S to NW. Drystone walls also cut through the SE quadrant. A possible enclosure (CL009-001057-) lies c. 79m to the WNW. Compiled by: Conn Herriott and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 October 2021

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