What is recorded here

Cahergillaun is a broken stone ring in County Clare pasture, mapping back to 1842. Its walls have collapsed into grass and livestock gaps, yet upright slabs still mark the edge of a place people shaped before memory faded. The wide ridge view suggests the fort existed to be seen, judged, remembered or avoided.

In pasture on the gentle S-facing slope of a low NNW-SSE running ridge, with steeply sloping ground just to the SW and wide views in all directions. Hachured and labelled ‘Cahergillaun’ on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. This subrectangular cashel (25-32m ENE-WSW; 29m NNW-SSE) is defined by a low, collapsed and grass-covered stone spread (int. H 0-0.2m; Wth 1.1-1.5m; ext. H 0.1-1.1m) with upright slabs of outer wall facing intermittently visible. Several livestock gaps cut through the enclosing element and there are several low, grass-covered cairns along the E edge and NW sector of the cashel’s undulating interior. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 3-10-2025

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