What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined stone ringfort on a western Clarence slope where hazel still chokes the interior and broken walls mark three chambers. It faces the wide Atlantic horizon, invites imagination, and resists easy explanation.

On a flat W-facing slope in rocky hazel-covered landscape with excellent views from WSW to NW. Indicated on the 1915 OS 6-inch map. Described by Westropp (1905, 349) as a caher ‘on a bold crag’ to the east of a hut site (CL004-065001-) with traces of other old walling around it. A poorly preserved, overgrown cashel defined by a drystone wall which is best preserved externally (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.8m; Wth 1.1m) at the NE. The outer wall-face is visible from S to W and is best preserved between W and NW (H 1.8m; Wth 0.65m; int. H 0.7m). The interior is overgrown with hazel and two broad stone walls divide the interior into three and may be contemporary with the cashel. The W and NW extents of the interior are lower and filled with large stones. A gap at ENE (Wth 8m) is modern and piles of timber and stone are located to the N and S of it. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 13 June 2022

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