What is recorded here

Mortons and Kinnarums both claim Loughgirroga Fort, which is a stone ring on a low hazel-covered rise in County Clare. The circle measures about thirty metres across and keeps a second shallow stone line outside its north-west edge. No door or finished wall remains visible, so the fort still withholds the shape of the life it once enclosed.

Situated on a low rise within hazel woodland. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A subcircular area (int. dims. 31.6m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE) defined by a stone spread (Wth 3-5.6m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 0.5-1m). No facing stones can be identified and there is no visible entrance. Outside the perimeter at NW there is a second stone spread (Wth 3.5m; H 0.5m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 May 2016

Loughgirroga Fort is a subcircular early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 6th and 10th centuries AD, characterized by a stone bank and ditch. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy dwellings, and it may have been considered a place of supernatural significance in folklore.

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