What is recorded here

Indicated is a twenty-metre stone ringfort on the northwest edge of a high plateau on Ailwee Hill in County Clare. Its straight eastern and southern walls meet a curved southwestern boundary to form a sharp rectangular chamber above ordinary farmland. The geometry suggests human hands rather than random rockfall, yet no door or interior feature remains visible. It may have been a watchtower, a boundary marker or a forgotten shrine, but the stones still hold their shape against the wind.

On the NW edge of a plateau high on Ailwee Hill and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-104001-). Indicated on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. A subrectangular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) defined by a straight stone wall at E and S and by a curved wall SW-NE visible on OSi Aerial Premium orthophoto (2012-2018) and on Digital Globe (2011-2013). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 December 2021

Aillwee is a likely early-medieval fairy fort (ringfort/rath), indicated by a subrectangular stone enclosure on a high plateau. It is associated with the name "Aillwee," which may derive from a legendary or historical figure, and the site's elevated position suggests both strategic and symbolic significance in early Irish tradition.

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