What is recorded here
Cloonlaheen West holds a faded ringfort, an earthen circle old enough to belong to legend. It is the kind of place where human hands built a boundary, then disappeared into story. The field may have been a home, a shelter or a marker for a lost lineage. The earth kept the shape long after the people stopped naming it.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Catholic Church of the Most Holy Redeemerchurch/chapel · 1221 yd
Enclosure in Creevagh (ibrickan By.)Enclosure · 1224 yd
Doonogan Castle (Site of)Castle, tower house · 1.0 mi
Doonogan Fort 1922)Fairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.5 mi
Knockanalban Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 2.0 mi
Aghy Bridgebridge · 2.2 mi
Kilcorcoran Grave YardArchaeological place · 4.3 mi
The Music Makers of West ClareMuseum · 4.7 mi
Emlagh PointHeadland · 5.4 mi