What is recorded here

Tonwaun Fort is a lost ringfort on a conifer-choked hillock in County Clare, mapped as a large oval enclosure in 1842 but reduced by 1920 to a faint trace. What remains is a small triangle of loose stones and a T-shaped wall, perhaps the last shadow of a place people once lived, defended or forgot. The forest has taken back most of its shape, leaving only enough stone to suggest that someone built a boundary there and then disappeared from the story.

On a hillock surrounded by conifer forest. Named ‘Tonwaun Fort’ on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map and shown as a large oval enclosure (est. max diams. c. 50m N-S; c. 45m E-W) which contains a smaller, oval enclosure (est. max. diams. c. 14m E-W; c. 10m N-S) just S of centre. Named 'Tonwaun Fort (Site of)' on the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. All that survives is a small triangular area (15m ENE-WSW; 15m NNW-SSE) defined by loose stones from field-clearance. In the centre of the triangle is a T-shaped arrangement of drystone field-walls (8m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE; H 0.5m), with another short wall (L 1m) extending NW from near the W end. See attachment: CL008-090----_01.jpg Snip from the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 30 November 2022

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