What is recorded here
No visible trace remains at Carrahan, though local memory preserves the lost ringfort. Forgetting has done what time and weather could not, erasing the stones and redrawing the landscape. The place still exists in the story told about 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Braskreagh FortFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 762 yd
Clooney Ho.House, 18th/19th century · 1.0 mi
Clooney Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.1 mi
Clooney Church (in Ruins)Church · 1.2 mi
Corbally Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 1.3 mi
Kilcatherine GraveyardWood · 2.1 mi
Derrymore WoodWood · 2.6 mi
Cloghleagh RockNamed rock · 3.8 mi
The StablesGallery · 3.8 mi
Mulkere MemorialMemorial · 5.1 mi