What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort on high Clare ground, overlooking lower land to the north and west while a taller ridge watches it from the south. Its oval banks and fosse still mark a small enclosed world, perhaps for people, perhaps for something older that prefers edge and boundary. The later cattle gap and field bank suggest it has kept serving, even when its first purpose faded from memory.

On high ground (on the 400’ contour) with commanding views over lower ground to N and W and overlooked by a ridge of higher ground to the SE and S. Indicated on the first edition (1840) and hachured on the later, Cassini edition (1916) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). An oval area (int. diams. 33m NNW-SE; 26m ENE-WSW) is defined by an inner earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m at ESE; ext. H 0.8-1.3m), a flat based fosse (Wth 2.2m at base) and by a second, outer bank at NNW (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 0.6-0.9m). The inner bank is levelled at NNW (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.6m) and scarped internally along W where it is lower (D 0.5m) than outer ground level. A gap at ENE may be a later cattle gap. There is a steep drop (H c. 2m) to outer ground level from ESE-SSE. The interior is level. The interior is level and is crossed (NW-SE) by a later field bank. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 14 December 2022

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