What is recorded here

Enclosure in Caherminnaun West is a subcircular stone circle on a western slope, marked by large boulders set along its edge and a drystone wall cutting through its centre. It has stood within the same shifting field system for centuries, visible even on nineteenth-century survey plans. The gaps between stones and the central wall suggest a place shaped by human hands, perhaps for ritual, boundary or memory, though no name or date remains to confirm the purpose.

On a W-facing slope in undulating rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). Hachured on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This subcircular enclosure (18m N–S; 14.5m E–W) is defined by a slightly raised area with a number of large boulders on its perimeter; a slight scarp is visible beneath the boulders. The boulders (L c. 1m; Wth 0.5m; H c. 0.5m) appear to be aligned with their long axes along the circumference of the enclosure. They do not touch end to end and there are frequent large gaps between them. A large well-made drystone wall (Wth c. 1m; H 1.6m) runs NNW–SSE through the centre of the interior. A castle (CL016-020003-) lies c. 190m to the SW and there is a cashel (CL009-059018-) c. 190m to the E. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 10 March 2022

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