What is recorded here

Lishaghaun is a circular cashel on a steep Clare ridge, its double-faced stone wall still standing beside a lower pond. The site has watched the narrow valley since before human memory, perhaps serving as a boundary marker or a quiet dwelling for those who understood the land's moods. Its stones may have held breath, witness or warning for people now forgotten, while the ridge keeps the shape intact.

On a shelf near the SE foot of a steep ridge overlooking a narrow valley to the E, and a nearby pond on lower ground to the W. Hachured and labelled ‘Lishaghaun’ on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Labelled ‘Liosachán’ on Robinson’s map of the Burren (1977). Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This circular cashel (diams. 25.8m E–W; 25.5m N–S) is defined by a double-faced dry-stone wall (Wth at N 3m; int. H 0.3–0.9m; ext. H 0.3–1m) with a possible clay core. The outer wall-face is visible intermittently while the inner wall-face is traceable from NW–N. A later wall is built over the cashel wall from SSE–S-SW. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1m) at ESE. Another cashel (CL005-160002-) lies c. 175m to N. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 30-9-2025

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