What is recorded here

Mortar and muscle built Teernea, not fairy magic. Westropp measured thick western walls and eastern height in 1913, while large blocks still lie buried in the low bank. The name may have changed, but the construction remains human: heavy stones arranged to exclude, protect or mark ownership beside Lough George.

In level pasture c. 110m S of Lough George. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as an ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1913, 242) as a ‘cathair’ with a ‘wall 6 feet [c. 1.8m] thick to the west, where it is only 3 feet [c. 0.9m] high and 10 feet [c. 3m] thick, and over 4 feet high[c. 1.2m] to the east. The north and north-west parts are levelled to the foundations, which are large blocks’. A poorly preserved subcircular cashel (int. diam. 33m), much reduced since Westropp’s visit, defined by a wide low bank (Wth 2-5m; ext. H 1m; int. H 1.2m) from E-S-W. The bank incorporates some large stones blocks (L 1.5m; Wth 1m; D 0.5m), the surviving remains of original cashel walling. The interior is slightly lower than the surrounding ground level. Westropp, T.J. 1913 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) in the Corofin district, Co. Clare. (No. XI) (continued). Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 3(3), 232-260. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 21-10-2025

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