What is recorded here

Half a kilometre of ridge and shadow, the earthwork in Clomantagh Lower still holds its shape beside the medieval church and Clomantagh Castle. Platforms, banks and ponds fit together like a forgotten room, perhaps made for ceremony, defense or ordinary life when the tower house was new. The graveyard sits at the south edge, waiting for people who have stopped naming the place.

On a low hill there are a complex series of platforms, banks and ponds located to N of the medieval church of Clomantagh (KK013-003001-) and S and E of Clomantagh Castle, which is an early 16th-century tower house (KK013-002001-). A semicircular bank extends from NW-N-E of church forming a roughly circular area (max. diam. c. 60m) with the graveyard at the S. The SE portion of the interior is divided E-W and N-S by banks forming an enclosure (approx. dims. c. 45m²). It is likely that these earthworks are contemporary with the medieval church and tower house. These earthworks are visible on an aerial photograph (ASIAP (174) 18, 3 March 2001) and are also visible on DigitalGlobe satellite imagery (viewed 22 July 2019). See attached photograph: KK013-002005-_01 ASIAP (174) 18, 3 March 2001 KK013-002005-_02 Earthworks between church (KK013-003001-) and tower house (KK013-002001-) from tower house looking S KK013-002005-_03 Earthworks between church (KK013-003001-) and tower house (KK013-002001-) from church looking N KK013-002005-_04 Earthworks between church (KK013-003001-) and tower house (KK013-002001-) from church looking NW Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 22 July 2019

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