What is recorded here

Couladeerhy is a rectangular earthen enclosure in County Clare, Ireland, mapping back to 1842 and still visible today beside a field system and ancient rath. It sits on a marshy slope near a sea cliff, holding the shape of human hands across centuries. The land remembers being lived on, even when the name fades from ordinary speech.

Near the local high point of a S-facing slope in marshy pasture with a sea cliff c. 110m to the NW. Hachured and named ‘Couladeerhy’ on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. This subrectangular enclosure (int. dims. L 41m E-W; Wth 21.5m N-S) is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1-1.75m; av. H 0.2m) which is almost reduced to a scarp on the W side. Outside the enclosure and abutting its enclosing bank from E-S-SW is a field system (CL014-009002-). There is a rath (CL014-008----) c. 76m to the SW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 3-10-2025

Couladeerhy, Ballyherragh is a subrectangular ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, situated on a south-facing slope near a sea cliff. It is associated with local folklore referring to 'fairy forts,' reflecting the belief that such sites were inhabited by supernatural beings.

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