What is recorded here
Querrin holds a genuine fairy fort, an earthen ringfort where human history and local wonder overlap. The clay bank still stands in County Clare, shaping the field and inviting people to imagine what it protected. Whether it guarded a family, a hermit or a threshold between worlds, the fort remains a visible marker that the land remembered more than measurement can capture.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1358 yd
Catholic Church of the Holy Spiritchurch/chapel · 1.2 mi
Glasheen BeachBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Querrin PointHeadland · 1.5 mi
Beal PointHeadland · 2.7 mi
Beal Castle (in ruins)Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 3.1 mi
Scattery IslandIsland · 4.3 mi
Scattery Island Visitor CentreVisitor information · 4.4 mi