What is recorded here

Clochan in Clonamery stands at the highest point of a ridge beside the medieval church, preserving one visible bee-hive stone house and perhaps a second hidden beneath the grass. Carrigan measured both in 1905, but centuries of pasture and weather have erased the boundary between memory and ground. The surviving wall still catches light while the missing structure waits underfoot, proving that even forgotten rooms keep their shape when someone remembers them.

At the NW end of a NW-SE ridge, W of the W gable of Clonamery church (KK033-021001-), in rough pasture. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 121), outside the graveyard wall of the medieval church of Clonamery (KK033-021001-), 'to the W, 'at a distance of five [25m] or six perches [30m] from the church, and occupying the highest point of the elevated ridge on which the sacred edifice stands, may be noticed the foundations of two of those circular clochawns, or bee-hive shaped stone houses of which we read in connection with our ancient Celtic monasteries. One is 14½ ft. [4.42m] in diameter, the other 11ft. [3.35m]'. Only one of these structures (KK033-021005-) is visible at ground level. There are several areas on top of the ridge where stones are protruding but these seem to be bedrock. The second possible clochan is not visible at ground level, though Carrigan's description suggests it is quite close to the upstanding one. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2017

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