What is recorded here

Indicated is a grass-covered ring-cairn near the top of a south-facing slope in County Clare, Ireland. Its uneven stone bank still marks a flat interior space wide enough for several people to stand inside while looking across pasture and distance. The cairn may have guided herds, bounded a field or held a memory, but its shape still directs attention outward instead of hiding it.

Near the top of a S-facing slope, with wide views W-NE, in pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). This grass-covered oval ring-cairn (int. dims. 5.8m N-S; 5.6m E-W; ext. dims. 19m E-W; 13.7m N-S; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 0.3-0.6m) is defined by a bank of stone and earth which is rather uneven, with additional cairn material deposited on the bank exterior at E and W. The interior is flat. The following image has been uploaded: CL009-190----_01.jpg View from SSW Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 July 2022

A ring-cairn, likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, significant as a grass-covered oval structure within a multiperiod landscape, indicating long-term ritual or funerary use.

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