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On the floor of Poulacarran Valley in hazel wood, at the W edge of a NE-SW ravine (H c. 5m). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This hazel-covered subcircular cashel (20.5m E-W; 19.6m N-S) is defined by a stone wall (Wth c. 1.2m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1-2m). The outer wall-face (Wth 0.7-1.2m), made of horizontally laid stones, rises 0.4-1m above the rest of the wall; it is best preserved at N and E, while at W it has been rebuilt with loose drystone walling. The lower courses of the outer wall-face and the entire inner wall-face are obscured by stone spill (total Wth 3-4.5m). The entrance (Wth 0.9m) at NNE is lined by upright stone slabs (H 1.2-1.45m; Wth 1.2m; T 0.3-0.6m). Westropp (1898, 363) recorded a fallen lintel (L 1.72m; Wth 0.91m; T 0.45m) here. He (ibid.) also described an annexe enclosure adjoining the cashel at N, with a “souterrain”—perhaps the cause for Robinson (1977) also recording a souterrain in this cashel. However, no such features were identified on inspection in 1997.
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CL009-213002-_01.jpg Drawing of entrance (Westropp 1898, 362)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 12 April 2022
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