What is recorded here
Noonan leads to a stone ringfort where human hands built a defensible home before fairy tales claimed the empty rooms. The cashel shape still stands against the sky, preserving the exact moment ordinary people stopped using the stones and legend took over.
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
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