What is recorded here

Indicated is a bivallate fairy fort on a steep Clare rise, its twin earth banks and wide fosse still framing a level interior that faces the Inagh River estuary. The eastern gap and causeway mark the entrance where people may have entered, exited or watched the water below. Testing nearby in 1997 found no buried features, but the visible rings and scarp preserve the shape of a place known for watching, waiting or being avoided.

On a steep and prominent rise in undulating fertile pasture with good views to N over the Inagh River estuary. Hachured on both the first (1840) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as an enclosure in the RMP (1996). A bivallate rath is defined by an inner bank and scarp, a fosse and a second, outer bank. The round-topped inner bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.15-2.1m) only survives at SSW (L c. 13m) and has been reduced to a scarp elsewhere (H 1.15m at E – 1.95m at N). It is composed of earth and stone with a possible revetment of horizontally set stones visible along its outer face. The fosse (Wth at base 3m; Wth at top 10m) has steep sides and a flat base. The outer bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 1.1-1.4m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m) has steep sides and is flat-topped. At E, a denuded gap in the bank with a corresponding causeway (Wth 2-5m) across the fosse inside marks the location of the original entrance. The interior is level and featureless. In 1997, testing in advance of an adjacent housing development to the S did not identify any archaeological features (Murphy 1997). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 7-10-2025

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