County: Clare Site name: CARROWDOTIA (Site AR25)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CL026-033---- and CL026-033002 Licence number: 03E1442
Author: Kate Taylor, TVAS Ireland Ltd.
Site type: Ringfort - cashel and Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 536814m, N 682868m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.892966, -8.939004
A large area, including approximately one-third of a stone enclosure, was excavated in advance of road construction on the N18 Ennis Bypass. The enclosure, thought to be an Early Christian cashel, produced no immediately datable material and only a single possible feature was found in the interior of the monument. A stone and earthen bank forms the majority of the enclosure; however, a stone wall surviving on top of a portion of the bank was investigated. The wall, which was up to 2.5m thick and 1.7m high, was constructed of two rough faces with a loose rubble core. It would not appear that the enclosure was inhabited and no entrance or associated external features were revealed. In addition, a small burnt spread, possibly of prehistoric date, was located nearby at the edge of a bog. Several post-medieval pits, possibly representing quarrying, were also identified.
Ahish, Ballinruan, Co. Clare
