What is recorded here

No visible gap, no obvious door, no marker at all. A man could have built that ring to keep out wolves or children, but the absence of an entrance suggests the boundary was never meant for human entry. The fairies may have simply used the whole valley as their chamber, leaving the stone circle as a warning that the place belonged elsewhere.

On level ground at the middle and narrowest point of the valley at the E foot of Gortaclare Mountain, with the W side of the valley rising up immediately to W. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Hachured on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch maps. A poorly preserved subcircular cashel (int. dims 14.3m N–S; 17.6m E–W) defined by low double-faced drystone walling (Wth 1–2.1m), with inner and outer facing-stones (exposed H 0.1–0.6m) traceable for nearly the full circuit of the enclosing element except at E where only outer facing-stones survive. The base of the facing is obscured by collapsed stone and the true surviving wall height may be up to 1.8m at W. No trace of an original entrance is visible; however, its enclosing elements are overgrown with dense hazel scrub from W–E. The interior is relatively clear of overgrowth and apparently featureless. It is within an extensive and likely multiperiod field system (CL006-042001-) and an enclosure (CL006-042004-) lies c. 80m to the NNW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 14 September 2021

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