What is recorded here

Half-hidden in the wet grass below the sea cliffs, the stone loop still marks a small dwelling where someone stood against the Atlantic wind. Westropp saw an irregular circle of set stones in 1911, but the marsh has since swallowed much of its shape. A gap remains in the southern wall, perhaps a doorway, perhaps only a place where the earth gave way.

Situated on a flat marshy commonage close to the sea cliffs c. 500m SSE of the signal tower. An old wall, part of the extensive series of boundaries on this part of commonage (MA084-001001-), runs past c. 5m to N following a NW–SE axis. Variously described by Westropp (1911a, 17) as ‘an irregular loop of small set stones’ and a ‘circle of moderate-sized stones set in the sward’ (1911a, 19). It comprises a circular area (N–S, 7.6m, E–W 7.5m) defined by an intermittent line of set stones and small boulders (Wth 0.6m max.). It is best defined in the north-western sector where two contiguous set stones up to 0.4m high are located. There is no definite trace of an entrance, although there is a large gap (Wth c. 4m) in the south-western sector. The interior is flat but marshy underfoot. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018

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