What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Bearnafunshin is a circular stone spread about fifteen metres across on a gentle east-facing slope in County Clare, Ireland. It appears on the 1920 OS 6-inch map, sits near the Curraderra boundary, and remains visible beneath overgrowth despite the M18 motorway running fifty metres to the southeast. The stones may have marked a dwelling, a boundary, or a place people avoided after dark.
On a gentle E-facing heavily overgrown slope with limestone outcrop. Hachured on the 1920 OS 6-inch map. A circular area (diam. c. 15m) defined by an overgrown stone spread (at S: Wth 3.5m; max. H 0.35m). The townland boundary with Curraderra lies c. 12m to the W and the M18 motorway is 50m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore and Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 17 November 2025
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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