What is recorded here

Indicated is a small stone ringfort on the hazel-covered edge of a Clare karst plateau, marked on maps since 1842 but reduced now to a broken wall and exposed bedrock. A narrow laneway cuts through its eastern side, suggesting the fort served the land rather than dominated it. The little pen built into its western perimeter hints that people still kept animals there long after the main enclosure lost its shape.

On the hazel-covered W edge of a karst plateau, with lower improved pastureland to the W. Indicated on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map and hachured on the later OS 25-inch plan (1897) and Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This small, poorly preserved cashel (int. dims. 16.9m E-W; 15.9m N-S; ext. dims. 19.4m E-W; 18m N-S) is defined by the base of a stone wall (Wth 1-1.2m) incorporating large facing-stones. The wall does not survive from E-S where a NE-SW running laneway passes 2m from the cashel perimeter. There is exposed bedrock in the centre of the cashel. A small pen (int. dims. 1.5m E-W; 1.5m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (H 1.3m) is built on the cashel perimeter at W. A possible enclosure site (CL017-242----) lies c. 55m to the SW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 18 July 2023

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