What is recorded here
Located just off the summit of an exposed rocky hill, close to the sea cliffs on the extreme NW side of Clare Island. A rectangular walled enclosure (int. 26.6m N–S; 22.1m E–W) defined by a dilapidated mortared stone wall (Wth 0.6m; max. H 1.1m). It encloses, and is contemporary with, a stone-built signal tower (NIAH: Reg. No. 31308401), which was constructed in 1804-6 during the Anglo-French Wars. There is a limekiln (MA084-001003-) in the SW quadrant of the enclosure.
Descriptions of the enclosure (Catalogue entry no. 69, p. 137-138) and the signal tower (Catalogue entry no. 156, p. 181-182) are published in P. Gosling, C. Manning and J. Waddell (eds.), 2007 New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 5: Archaeology. RIA, Dublin.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 July 2015
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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