What is recorded here

Indicated is a square stone cashel in County Clare, Ireland, where double-faced walls still stand thirty-seven metres across on level karst pasture. Large slabs set on edge along the west face suggest a deliberate barrier, though the gap they block is too narrow for a person to enter. Later animal pens occupy the rocky interior, turning an ancient fortress into a working farmyard. The place remains marked on maps from 1897 and 1920, preserving its shape long after human hands stopped shaping it.

On level ground in semi-karst rough pastureland commanding views from N to SE within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This square cashel (37m N-S; 37m E-W) is defined by a double-faced stone wall (Wth 1.1-2m; int. H 0.4-0.9m; ext. H 0.6-1.25m), with large stone slabs (H 0.5-0.7m) set on edge found intermittently along the W outer wall-face. One such slab in the centre of this side appears to block a gap in this wall – albeit a gap which appears too narrow to be an entrance. A later drystone wall overlies the cashel perimeter. There is a modern gap at the SE. The uneven E-sloping interior is somewhat rocky, with a natural bedrock step in the NW quadrant. There are two later animal pens in the interior, one in the NE corner and the other against the W centre of the N wall. An enclosure (CL010-242----) lies c. 87m to the W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 22 May 2023

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