What is recorded here
Cloonnagalleen holds a stone ringfort where a smaller circular chamber nests inside the main bowl, proving the site contained more than a single domestic space. The western scarp still rises nearly two metres above the scrub, marking the boundary between the lived interior and the limestone slope beyond. People may have built the inner chamber for storage, ritual or exclusion, yet the stones no longer explain that choice.
In scrub-covered ground, on W-facing slope in area of outcropping limestone. Circular area (27m N-S; 26.3m E-W) enclosed by stone bank (int. H 0.32m; ext. H 0.85m) and defined by scarp edge WSW->NNW. Bank best preserved NE->E. Scarp edge (ext. H 1.75m) best preserved at W. Level interior, covered with trees, has small circular area (8m N-S; 7.5m E-W) enclosed by low stone bank (H 0.32m) in NW quadrant.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Indicated (1923).Enclosure · 528 yd
Celtic Park and GardensHeritage attraction · 768 yd
St. Bridgets WellHoly well · 947 yd
Stonehall Visitor FarmHeritage attraction · 1039 yd
Derreen Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1294 yd
European YewEuropean Yew · 1393 yd
Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptistchurch/chapel · 1545 yd
CastleCastle, tower house · 1652 yd
KnocknagowerNamed rock · 2.1 mi
European BeechEuropean Beech · 4.1 mi
Adare Tourist OfficeVisitor information · 4.1 mi