Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Dangan (bunratty Upper By.) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Moss smothers an eight-metre-wide stone ring on a Clare ridge, yet the south gap still invites entry beneath the watching cashel. People may have built the heavy wall to keep out rain, raiders or the strange, while the ridge wind dried their work. The fort has lost its roofs and owners, but it keeps its shape, waiting for someone to walk the circular path and measure how much larger the inside feels than the numbers suggest.

On the S-facing slope of a ridge (long-axis c. NE-SW), in mixed woodland, having good views NE-NW and overlooked by a cashel (CL035-083----) c. 40m to NE. Listed in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996) as 'Enclosure'. A circular area (28m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) defined by a substantial stone wall (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.6m; Wth at top 1.5m; overall Wth 8.6m) which is covered in moss and light vegetation. There is a gap (base Wth 4m; overall Wth 6.5m) at S. A trackway (long-axis NE-SW) skirts the exterior of the monument at ESE. The interior is accessible and has a gentle S-facing slope. Some relatively young trees are located within the interior, on the bank and around the exterior. A small quarried depression is adjacent to the bank exterior at NW. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-082----_01.jpg From NW. Cross-sectional view of bank at SW. CL035-082----_02.jpg From SW. General view of monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 13 March 2018

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