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Indicated — Moheraroon

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Indicated — Moheraroon
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In hazel wood and pasture at the edge of a plateau sloping gently to the S. Indicated on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Hachured on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Westropp (1911, 361) described this as ‘a very coarse and badly built’ caher and noted a low narrow terrace (H 0.54m; Wth 0.48m) on the inside of the wall. The cashel (diam. c. 30m), roughly circular in plan, is now defined by a much-collapsed stone wall. The outer wall-face (int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.8-2m) survives virtually all the way around. It rises above the stone spread (Wth 2-4m; int. H 0.5-0.8m) immediately inside it. This spread probably incorporates the terrace noted by Westropp. A ‘defaced gateway’ also recorded by Westropp (ibid.) was not visible; its small lintel (L 1.22m; Wth 0.46m; H 0.2m) suggested that it was a narrow entranceway. The interior is completely overgrown with hazel. Two other cashels (CL009-114---- and CL009-116----) lie c. 95m to the SW and c. 105m to the N respectively. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 14 June 2022

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