What is recorded here
No fairy ever flew there. The stones were stacked to keep sheep inside and rain out on a plateau where visibility stretched far. The flat top and narrow gaps show human hands shaping the land, not magic. Local names often decorate ordinary building after it stops being familiar.
On an elevated plateau of undulating rough pasture and karst limestone, on ground sloping slightly down to the S, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A subcircular cashel (int. dims. 28.5m NW–SE; 27.7m NE–SW) defined by a low grass-covered stone wall (Wth c. 1.5–2.5m; H 0.4–0.5m). The original width of the wall (0.9–1.2m) is evident at N. Outer wall-facing survives at NNE and from S to W. Gaps at N (Wth 2m) and S (Wth 4.6m) are later features. A field boundary cuts across the interior from SE to W. Other field boundaries abut the wall at NNE, E, SSW and NW. There is a small house (CL009-001042-) c. 17m to the ENE. Other cashels lie c. 140m to the NNW (CL009-001002-) and c. 160m to the SW (CL008-045016-).
Compiled by: Conn Herriott and Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 12 October 2021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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