What is recorded here

A rectangular cashel in Cahermackirilla holds a stone skeleton beneath ferns and grass. Double-faced walls rise four metres at the north end before collapsing into southern scrub. The shape suggests human hands, yet the name gives the fort to fairies. That contradiction is the point. People built or took the place, remembered it as fairy work, and stopped asking questions. The stones still stand because wonder removed them from ordinary judgment.

In scrubland on the N side of the floor of Poulacarran valley. Listed as ‘Potential site – aerial photo’ in the RMP (1996). This rectangular cashel (45m ENE–WSW; 33.4m NNW–SSE) is defined by double-faced stone walls (Wth 1m; max. H at N 4m; H at S 1m) made of large horizontally laid stones. A later drystone field boundary overlies the E side. A stone spread (Wth c. 1.5–2m) is visible at the base of the wall internally. Outside the SE corner a more extensive stone spread (Wth c. 6.5m) is probably due to the more recent collapse of a higher section of the wall. The interior is overgrown with ferns and grass. The remains of a structure (CL009-050001-) lie in the NW corner. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 27 January 2022

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