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Clochan in Baile Na Bhfionnúrach

Clochan

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Clochan in Baile Na Bhfionnúrach holds three small stone chambers east of the cashel, two joined like a figure of eight. They sit immediately south of the entrance, suggesting the chambers and cashel belonged to one lived place rather than separate accidents of rock. The arrangement still invites wonder about who worked there, what they stored or sheltered, and why they shaped the land so deliberately.
'To the east of the cashel [KE034-041----], immediately south of the entrance, are the remains of three cloghauns [KE034-041003-, KE034-041004-, KE034-041005-] roughly in a row, two are conjoined in a figure of eight. A direct relationship between the cloughans and the cashel cannot be discounted' (Gibbons 1998, 81). Reference: Gibbons E. 1998 'Cathair Fionnuragh (Cathair a bhoghasin), Ballynavenooragh' in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1997: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. p. 80-81. Date of upload/revision: 4 December 2017

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