Tullycommon

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tullycommon, from 30 m² to 1,321,737 m² (132.17 ha, 326.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Tullycommon in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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• 19 Jul 2024Conditional

  for the construction of 4 agricultural storage sheds and associated site works adjacent to an existing farmyard

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460338

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926

Recorded monuments

• CL010-054 Cave
  Description

  Excavations were undertaken at Glencurran Cave in 2004-2005 and 2008-2009 (Licence Nos 04E0432, 05E0379, 08E0265). The cave reaches almost 1 km in length but only the outer 65m were found to be of archaeological interest. Approximately 30,000 animal bones and bone fragments, 500 artefacts and 100 human bones were recovered from the site revealing two main periods of activity: Middle and Late Bronze Age ritual activity (centering on c. 600 BC) and Early Medieval occupation (c. 7th - 9th century AD). An artificial drystone cairn (2.5m x 1.5m x 1.6m high) was found c. 15m from the cave entrance and this was topped with a deposit of decayed calcite which had been taken when wet from the cave walls and floor and used to fill the interior of the structure. On excavation a lower sunken dry-stone chamber was revealed. This had also been filled with layers of decayed calcite dug up from the rear of the cave and scraped from the cave walls: some of the extraction pits are still visible. The cairn is considered to have served as some form of ritual monument. Directly beneath it, on the cave floor, was a concentration of artefacts including a shale axe, a rubbing stone, a copper-alloy object, a net sinker, three bone beads, three perforated cowrie shells, a perforated and unperforated periwinkle shell and 42 amber bead fragments with a few complete beads. Intermingled with the artefacts were 17 human bones representing two adults; one bone produced a Middle Bronze Age date of 3035± 36BP (UB-6660). Animal bones from this area represented four sheep (most under 6 months), two cattle and two pigs. Some bones were scorched and bore butchery marks. Deeper in the cave, approximately 45m from the entrance, a series of Late Bronze Age ritual deposits were discovered. Scattered throughout the area were human bones representing five adults, two 2-4 year old children and a newborn baby. It seems that one of the children was placed in the cave as an intact corpse. However, the remainder of the bones appear to have been introduced into the cave in a disarticulated state. Several of the human bones were radiocarbon dated and all returned Bronze Age dates. In addition to the human bones, amber beads, sherds of three typical Late Bronze Age pots and a scatter of 85 perforated cowrie shells and perforated periwinkle shells were found. The faunal assemblage from this part of the cave included 21 sheep, 8 cattle, 15 pigs and 5 hares. Some sheep and cattle bones bore butchery and skinning marks suggesting joints of meat, though full carcasses were also present. Among the burnt/cremated neonatal animals were at least six neonatal lambs, three neonatal piglets, one possible foetal pig and two neonatal calves. Several animal bones also returned Bronze Age radiocarbon dates. A shed antler tine of a red deer was also recovered and was dated to the Early Medieval period. The area immediately inside the cave entrance was occupied during the Early Medieval period and a platform outside seems to have been used as a working area. A series of limestone blocks were neatly fitted across the cave entrance and it is possible that they functioned as a plinth for a wooden door, particularly as an iron barrel padlock key was discovered inside the cave. The remains of a crude hearth were found immediately outside the entrance and contained a rich charcoal deposit and burnt and charred animal bones. Charcoal analysis indicated local collection of dead wood and twigs or small branches. Artefacts found on the platform outside the cave included a socketed sickle, a tanged knife, a stone spindle whorl and a perforated iron strap, possibly from a wooden bucket. Just inside the cave entrance, a ringed pin was discovered where it appeared to have been deliberately placed under a flat stone. The animal bones from the entrance chamber and the platform represent butchery and consumption and consisted mainly of cattle, sheep and pigs. The bones of domestic fowl, mallard and goose were also present and hare bones from this area displayed skinning marks. The quantity of animal bones indicates either long-term domestic occupation of the cave or repeated intermittent periods of occupation. In the same part of the cave where the Late Bronze Age burial was located, a Viking necklace of almost 70 glass beads of a type dating to the mid-9th century AD was discovered. A large proportion of the beads were segmented and covered with gold foil. (Dowd 2007; 2009; 2010; 2015) Compiled by: Marion Dowd Date of upload: 10 April 2017

• CL010-057 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Crowning a high rocky outcrop (H 10m at N) beside a sharp bend in the road in an area of hazel scrub with commanding views from SW-NE. A well-built oval cashel (int. diam. 0.44m N-S; 25m E-W), named 'Cashlaungarr' on the 1916 OS 6-inch map, defined by a wall of fairly regular blocks (H 2.5m at E to 4m at NE; T 2.8m at NNE). Grass and moss covers much of the wall. The original outer wall face survives in many areas. The only surviving inner wall face is at N (H 0.3-1m). There is an entrance at ENE (Wth 2m) lined with walls (H 1.2m) exiting on to a precipitous slope. The interior is uneven and according to a plan by Westropp (1896, 153) it contained four house sites (CL010-057002, CL010-057003-, CL010-057004-, CL010-057005-), one in the centre and three in the N quadrant. These cannot be clearly seen on the ground. Also in 1896, Westropp noted irregularities in the wall at SE constructed to follow the irregular line of the outcrop. A wall close to the S side of the entrance (Wth 0.8m; ext. H 1m) probably formed part of an enclosed area extending out 18.5m N and E of the cashel indicated on a later Westropp plan (1915, 270). It is not known if this contemporary and it is not visible on any available aerial photography. Glencurran Cave (CL010-054----) is 96m to the W and Cahercommaun cashel (CL010-064003-) lies c. 550m to the E. Cashlaungarr is a national monument in State care, no. 270. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 May 2015

• CL010-057002 Hut site
  Description

  Indicated in a drawing by Westropp (1986, 153; 1915, 270) in the centre of ‘Cashlaungarr’ cashel (CL010-057----). Westropp (1896, 152) described a ‘cloghaun’ in the very centre of the cashel opposite the E gateway and three other hut sites (CL010-057003-, CL010-057004- and CL010-057005-) in the N quadrant. He later noted (1915, 270) that these had become hardly distinguishable. They were not discernible on the ground on inspection in 1999. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 May 2015

• CL010-057003 Hut site
  Description

  Indicated in a drawing by Westropp (1986, 153; 1915, 270) as one of three hut sites (see CL010-057004- and CL010-057005-) in the N quadrant of ‘Cashlaungarr’ cashel (CL010-057----). A fourth (CL010-057002-) was in the centre. He later noted in 1915 that these had become hardly distinguishable. They were not discernible on the ground on inspection in 1999. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 May 2015

• CL010-057004 Hut site
  Description

  Indicated in a drawing by Westropp (1986, 153; 1915, 270) as one of three hut sites (see CL010-057003- and CL010-057005-) in the N quadrant of ‘Cashlaungarr’ cashel (CL010-057----). A fourth (CL010-057002-) was in the centre. He later noted in 1915 that these had become hardly distinguishable. They were not discernible on the ground on inspection in 1999. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 May 2015

• CL010-057005 Hut site
  Description

  Indicated in a drawing by Westropp (1986, 153; 1915, 270) as one of three hut sites (see CL010-057003- and CL010-057004-) in the N quadrant of ‘Cashlaungarr’ cashel (CL010-057----). A fourth (CL010-057002-) was in the centre. He later noted in 1915 that these had become hardly distinguishable. They were not discernible on the ground on inspection in 1999. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 May 2015

• CL010-058 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the N end of a rocky terrace c. 70m SE of Cashlaungarr (CL010-057----). Listed as ‘Rectangular enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Indicated by a solid line on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 1999 this was found to be a subrectangular enclosure defined by an apparently modern drystone wall except at NNW where natural rock forms the boundary. Referred to by Westropp (1896, 153) as a ‘straight-sided enclosure’ that may have been for cattle. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 March 2016

• CL010-059001 Field system
  Description

  On a low ridge in a lowlying area of scrub surrounded by reclaimed pasture. A field system (c. 550m NE-SW; c. 350m NW-SE) defined by a series of irregular field boundaries adjacent to a concentric enclosure (CL009-059002-) and a cashel (CL010-059003-). On Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018) it is evident that field boundaries and enclosures of different dates in this area are superimposed on one another. A fulacht fia (CL010-059004-) is associated with the concentric enclosure. The cashel has a number of houses internally that are depicted as roofed on the OS 1st edition 6-inch map. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 September 2021

• CL010-059002 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  On a low rise in rough, partially overgrown pasture surrounded by improved pasture and within a field system (CL010-059001-). Hachured on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map and indicated as defined by a double-faced inner wall and an outer wall incorporating a section of bank at SE on both the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Depicted as a cashel with the remains of an outer enclosing element and labelled ‘double fort’ on Robinson’s map of the Burren (1977). Listed as ‘Cashel’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1905, 219) as, ‘The double-ringed caher … is now much defaced. The central wall has been levelled to within 4 feet [c. 1.22m] of the ground at the highest point; it was thin and of coarse masonry, both signs of late work. There is some slight trace of the passage inside the gateway facing east. It is 5 feet 9 inches wide [c. 1.75m]; near it lies a lintel 6 feet by 2 feet 3 inches by 7 inches [c. 1.83m by c. 0.68m by c. 0.18m] for the narrower outer opening [i.e. on the external face of the wall]. The inner ring is 146 feet [c. 45m] in diameter; the outer, on an average, 300 feet [c. 91m] internally. Much of the outer wall remains to the north-west; it is 8 feet [c. 2.4m] high, and of the coarse, slab masonry seen in the outer ring of Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-); it has been much rebuilt in places.’ The monument comprises a subcircular inner enclosure (diams. c. 46m N-S; c. 41m E-W) which is surrounded by a second, irregularly subcircular, outer enclosure (diams. c. 95m N-S; c. 85m E-W); both constructed from generally randomly coursed, thin flags. The inner enclosure is defined by a fairly collapsed wall (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.6-1m). While outer wall facing stones survive in most sectors, inner wall facing stones are only visible along the N but elsewhere have either been have been robbed out or are obscured by collapsed stone. The E-facing entrance noted by Westropp (ibid) is no longer clearly identifiable and a blocked gap (Wth 0.8m) at SW may be a later feature. The interior contains a hut site (CL010-059005-) abutting the inner face of the enclosing wall at W and immediately to its N are the remains of a possible house (CL010-059006-). The outer enclosure wall (av. Wth 0.9m at S – 1.5m at N; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.5m) survives in fair condition in most sectors apart from along SE where it is reduced to a low stony bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.5m). Both inner (except between W and N) and outer wall facing stones are visible with outer facing stones best preserved W-WNW (max H 1.7m). A later field wall is built on the original foundations of the outer wall from NNE-SE. The area between the inner and outer enclosures is generally level and is subdivided by radial walls. An area of rubble (L 6m; Wth 3m) against the inner face of the outer enclosing wall at NW may also be an archaeological feature and just to its N of is a later, livestock pen. A cashel (CL010-059003-) lies c. 105m to the NE. References Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren. A two-inch map of the uplands of North-West Clare. Map scale 1.31680. Roundstone. Folding Landscapes. Westropp, T.J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the County of Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 35, 205-29. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 5 March 2023

• CL010-059003 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a low rise in rough, overgrown pasture surrounded by improved pasture and within a field system (CL010-059001-). Not indicated on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map which shows four roofed buildings on the site. Partly indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) which also shows the four buildings, but unroofed; one in the NE sector of the interior, two in the E sector and a fourth in the SW sector. The later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map records the monument similarly. This oval-shaped cashel (int. diams. 38m NE-SW; 31m NW-SE; ext. diams. 41m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) is defined by a collapsed and partly moss-covered stone wall (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1m). There is a poorly defined gap at S. A later wall is built on the outer wall-face W-NNE and at ENE. The interior is slightly uneven and contains numerous features and foundations - the remains of the buildings depicted on the OS mapping. A small circular kiln-like feature stands immediately outside at NW. A concentric enclosure (CL010-059002-) lies c. 105m to the SW. Compiled by: Gearoid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 5 April 2023

• CL010-059004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a slight rise in rough pasture, with some overgrowth, and within a field system (CL010-059001-). This fulacht fia comprises a partly grass-covered, horseshoe-shaped mound (10m N-S; 6.3m E-W; H 0.4-0.7m) of burnt stone and ash, partially enclosing a roughly square-shaped trough area (2m N-S; 2m E-W; D 0.25m) which is open towards the E. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 5 April 2023

• CL010-059005 Hut site
  Description

  Abutting the inner wall face of a concentric enclosure (CL010-059002-), this D-shaped hut site (c. 9m N-S; c. 7m E-W) is defined by a collapsed wall. A possible house site (CL010-059006-) lies immediately to its N. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 5 April 2023

• CL010-059006 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Abutting the inner face of the inner enclosing wall in the NW sector of a concentric enclosure (CL009-059002-) and located immediately N of a hut site (CL010-059005-). A rectangular area (L c. 9.5m NNE-SSW; Wth c. 5m) is defined by a partially collapsed stone wall on the N, E and S and by the main enclosure wall along the W. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 5 April 2023

• CL010-059007 Hut site
  Description

  On a low ridge in an area of scrub surrounded by reclaimed pasture and within a field system (CL010-059001-) which also contains a fine concentric enclosure (CL009-059002-), a cashel (CL010-059003-) and a fulacht fia (CL010-059004-). Visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018) as a small, circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 7m) defined by a stone wall which is overgrown on the SE perimeter. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 5 April 2023

• CL010-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in gently undulating improved pasture, with commanding views in most directions – particularly towards the S where Cahercommaun cashel (CL010-064003-) is visible c. 570m to the SE. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. This subcircular rath (int. diams. 20m E-W; 18.5m N-S; ext. dims. 32m N-S; 31m E-W) is defined by a broad bank (Wth 6.6-7m; int. H 0.6-1.4m; ext. H 0.8-1.6m) which is overgrown with briar and blackthorn SSW-NNW. A later field wall (part of the townland boundary with Castletown to the W) runs along the inner edge of the bank SSW-NNW and cleared field stones have been piled on the bank NNW-E. An overgrown gap (Wth 2m) at the SSW may be the original entrance. The interior is generally flat. Levelled, grass-covered field walls are visible in satellite imagery (Digital Globe 2011-2013) radiating off the rath at N and SSE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 31 March 2023

• CL010-064001 Field system
  Description

  In an area of upland exposed karst towards the SE extent of the Burren. A field system (c. 4.3km NE-SW; c. 2km NW-SE) stretching from Glasgeivnagh Hill at S to Fahee South at N. Irregular meandering field walls preceding straighter and later field walls are visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018). Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) is on a cliff edge at the SW extremity while at SE a line of 9 unclassified cairns lie on top of the steep edge of the plateau. Five wedge tombs (CL010-028----, CL010-064006-, CL010-064013-, CL010-064023-, CL010-064068-) are on the plateau as well as 13 cashels, 24 enclosures and another 13 unclassified cairns. The field walls are therefore likely to have both prehistoric and medieval elements. Extensive field systems of this nature extend over most of the Burren uplands. Those currently visible on aerial or satellite imagery are outlined for mapping purposes but it is likely that they continue under scrub and meet in certain areas. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 September 2021

• CL010-064003 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on the NW-facing edge of a deep ravine (D 30m) in a commanding location within a large field system (CL010-064001-) and 350m NE of Cashlaungarr (CL010-057----) which is at the SW end or ‘entrance’ to the ravine. A trivallate cashel (total area 0.81ha) excavated by Hugh O’Neill Hencken in 1934 as part of the Third Harvard Archaeological Expedition to Ireland (Hencken 1938, 1-82) and reassessed by the Discovery Programme (Cotter 1999, 41-95). According to Cotter (ibid., 44) ‘whilst most commentators support a date in the second half of the first millennium AD for the main occupation of the fort, the date of its construction and the possibility of an earlier horizon of activity at the site remain a matter of debate.’ Prehistoric artefacts were recovered such as four stone axes, three or more saddle querns, three or possibly four flint end-scrapers and a blade-like flake of chert. However, there is no stratigraphic evidence linking these to any of the walls or features discovered during excavation and the artefacts may belong to a phase predating the extant monument (ibid., 53-4). According to Ó Floinn (1999, 78) the datable metalwork artifacts from Cahercommaun span a period of as much as half a millennium, from the fifth to the 9th centuries. A silver annular brooch was recovered from a layer of ashes on the floor of one of two souterrains (souterrain B) (CL010-064078-). Its condition suggests a deposition date late in the 9th or early in the 10th century (ibid.). This well-preserved cashel was defended by three concentric stone walls enclosing an area of 0.81ha. At the time of excavation the less substantial outer and middle walls terminated at the cliff along the NW, but the massive inner wall (max. T 8m at E) continued as a slighter wall (av. Wth 3m) along the cliff edge enclosing a roughly oval area (diam. 32.5m E-W; 28.6m N-S). The wall had a rubble core faced internally and externally with coursed limestone flags. The entrance was at E and consisted of a paved pathway flanked by sidewalls. The remains of an upper and lower terrace were visible along the SW sector of the inner wall and five niches were visible on the interior face of the inner wall along the SW sector. Only two of the niches are visible at the site today. The middle wall (H 1.7m; T 1.5m) at a distance of c. 10m was extensively robbed out at S and W and a number of subdivisions were extant in this area between the inner and middle walls. The outermost wall (T 1.25-2m; max. H 2m) enclosed a maximum area of 116m (E-W) x 69m (N-S). It had nine vertical joints along its length which Hencken (1938) suggested may represent the points where one team of builders finished and another began. Two radial walls extended across the outer enclosure and four hut sites (CL010-064094- to CL010-064097-) were visible. Excavations revealed several buildings (CL010-064076- and CL010-064089- to CL010-064092-) in the interior, two of which had souterrains (CL010-064077- and CL010-064078-), both reached by flights of steps. The main buildings were interpreted by Hencken as houses for the ‘chief occupant’ (CL001-064090-), those ‘second in command’ (CL010-064089-), a guard house (CL010-064091-), kitchens and servants quarters (CL010-064092-). He estimated that the fort could contain 40-50 inhabitants. The most enigmatic find at Cahercommaun was the number of human bones scattered all over the habitation and mixed with the kitchen debris. All of the bones were broken and some showed signs of having been chopped (Ó Donnabháin 1980, 6-7). Cahercommaun is a national monument in State care, no. 270. (Westropp 1896, 142-58; Hencken 1938, 1-82; Ó Donnabháin 1980, 6-7; Cotter 1999, 41-95; Ó Floinn 1999, 73-9) The following images are uploaded: CL010-064003-_01.jpg Aerial view from SE. CL010-064003-_02.jpg Aerial view from NW. CL010-064003-_03.jpg View of inner enclosure from SW. CL010-064003-_04.jpg Outer enclosure from E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064005 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the NW slope of a ridge and within a large field system (CL010-064001-). Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Named ‘Sheepfolds’ on the OS 25-inch map. On inspection in 1999 this was found to be an enclosure of apparently modern construction defined by a wall of loose leaning stones, bisected by a low wall. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 March 2016

• CL010-064006 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Situated on a gentle W-facing slope on the line of a N-S field wall with the townland boundary 53m to the S. A wedge tomb in good condition, composed of two sidestones, a backstone and two roofstones. The tomb faces W (Wth 1.15m at the opening) and narrows towards the back (Wth 0.7m). There is a single sidestone at S (L 2.25m; H 0.7m; T 0.15m) and a single sidestone at N (L 2.6m; max. H 0.9m; T 0.2m). The chamber decreases in height from 0.8m at the front to 0.7m at the back. A single backstone (L 1.4m; H 0.75) at E has two stones extending E, one from the S end (L 0.9m; H 0.24m) and one from the N (L 1m; H 0.15m) possibly indicating a second chamber. Traces of a cairn can be seen extending S, W and N of the entrance, making a D-shaped cairn (7m N-S; 3m E-W; H 0.3m at N, 0.8m at W, 0.8m at S). This wedge tomb is national monument in state care, no. 270. The following items have been uploaded: CL010-064006-_01.jpg View from SW. CL010-064004-_02.jpg View from SE. CL010-064006-_03.jpg View from N. CL010-064006-_04.jpg View from E. CL010-064006-_01.pdf Compiled by: Michael Moore and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 October 2018

• CL010-064009 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pasture on the leading, SW edge of a high spur (OD 600’ contour) overlooking terraced slopes and a valley SW-W-NNW and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Indicated on both the first (1842) and Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. This circular cashel (int. diam. 20m; ext. diams. 35m E-W; 31m N-S) is defined by a stone wall (Wth 1.4-2m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 0.7-1.15m) built from uncoursed but regular blocks with outer facing stones visible intermittently all around. The entire inner wall-face and parts of the outer wall-face are now obscured by collapsed stones (combined Wth of collapse and wall 5.2-8.8m). The monument has been degraded since Westropp’s visit (1905, 221) when he recorded the wall as very neatly built, wider (c. 3m), higher (max. 1.5m) and with a slight batter. He also recorded a ‘hardly traceable’ entrance at ESE, ‘a semi-circular hut foundation’ against the wall at S, ‘and another curving wall foundation near it’. However, when inspected 1999, no entrance was obvious at ESE (and a gap (Wth 3.4m) at ENE appeared modern) and the internal features appeared to post-date the cashel’s original occupation. Hollows in the wall all around its circuit (not described by Westropp) are presumably due to later removal of stones, and later walls abut the cashel exterior at NW and SSW. There is a cairn (CL010-064045-) c. 38m to the NE, and a hut site (CL010-239----) c. 74m to the NE. References Westropp, T.J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the County of Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 35, 205-29. See attached images: • CL010-064009-_01.JPG Aerial view of monument from the north (Photo. Markus Casey, March 2007). • CL010-064009-_02.JPG Ground view of monument from west. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 April 2023

• CL010-064012 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a flat terrace sheltered by higher ground to the E and within a large field system (CL010-064001-). Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Indicated on the 1916 OS 6-inch map by a solid line. On inspection in 1999 this was found to be a circular enclosure (int. diam. 17m) of apparently modern construction defined by a loosely built stone wall with a gap at SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 March 2016

• CL010-064013 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On a very slight rise in high (between 600’ and 653’) undulating rough pasture, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-), with fair views E-S-W-NE. Indicated as a rectangular feature and named ‘Dermot & Grania’s Bed’ on both the first edition (1842) and Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Described by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 46) as a very disturbed wedge tomb (est. min. L 3.1m E-W; Wth 1.2m at E) embedded in the centre of a low, roughly circular mound (12.5m N-S; 11.5m E-W; H 0.75-1.25m). The tomb appeared to have originally been orientated E-W. The N and E sides were still in situ, with possible remains of outer-walling at the NE and with a broken capstone lying beyond this to the NE. The N sidestone (L 3.3m; H 1.1m; T 0.15m) leaned inward (i.e., to the S), and was cracked near the W. Westropp (1905, 221) observed signs of hammer-dressing at the E. The E end of the tomb comprised three parallel slabs (L 1.15-1.7m; H 1-1.2m; T 0.1-0.15m). Just to the NE of these was an earthfast slab (L 1.4m; H 0.9m; T 0.1m) orientated NW-SE. Together with a second slab (L 0.7m; H 0.25m; T 0.1m) 0.5m to the E, a third slab (L 1.25m; H 1m; T 0.15m) just N of the N sidestone’s E end and a fourth slab (L 1.7m; H 1m; T 0.15m) leaning against the N side of the N sidestone, all were thought to possibly represent an outer-walling enclosing the tomb’s E end. Immediately to the NE lay two capstone fragments (W fragment L 2.3m; Wth 2.3m; T 0.2-0.3m; E fragment L 2.15m; Wth 1.7m; T 0.2-0.3m). Two smaller slabs lay near the capstone pieces, one (L 1.15m; T 0.1m) to the SE and the other (L 1.55m; Wth 0.95m; T 0.1m) to the NE. Westropp (ibid.) also found the capstone resting on the tomb’s side. An inspection in 1999 found the tomb to have remained as described by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (op. cit.) . A cashel (CL010-064014-) lies c. 30m to the E. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) See attached images: • CL010-064013-_01.JPG View of monument from SW. • CL010-064013-_02.JPG View of monument from NNW. References De Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1961 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume 1 County Clare. Dublin. The Stationery Office. Westropp, T.J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the County of Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 35, 205-29. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 April 2023

• CL010-064014 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On an elevated plateau of winter pasture, with slightly higher ground from N to NE, within a large field system (CL010-064001-). Named ‘Knockan Fort’ on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and depicted as a hachured subcircular enclosure which almost completely occupies a small rectangular field. It is similarly named on the 1915 ed. but only the rectangular field is shown. A house (CL010-064015-) and souterrain (CL010-064100-) are shown within the E half of its interior. Named ‘Cnocán fort’ on Robinson’s map (1977). Listed as ‘Rectangular enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1896, 363) as an ‘angular enclosure’ defined by ‘a poorly built, slight wall’. A rectangular cashel (int. dims. 49m NNW-SSE; 47m NE-SW), with rounded corners, roughly built of double-faced walls of irregularly sized stones, some of which form vertical facing. The S wall (H 1.2–1.35m; H 1.35m; T 1m) is best preserved and has original outer wall-facing near the corner with the W wall. However, some of its internal wall-face is of dubious antiquity. The W wall (H 1.2m) is more dilapidated and, likewise, its internal wall-face may not all be original but where the original thickness is discernible it is similar in width to the S wall. The N and E walls are poorly defined and consist of stone spreads (Wth 2m; H 0.6–0.8m) with no clear inner or outer wall-facing. A second possible souterrain (CL010-064080-) is located towards the centre of its interior and the foundations of a hut site (CL010-064101-) were noted in the NE corner. There is a wedge tomb (CL010-064013-) c. 30m to the WSW. (Westropp 1905, 221-2; Bowmer 2019; Comber 2019) Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 27 September 2021

• CL010-064015 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the E half of the interior of a cashel (CL010-064014-). Depicted as a small rectangular structure and named ‘Ancient Dwelling’ on the 1916 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Hut Site’ in the RMP (1996). A ‘Cave’ or souterrain (CL010-064100-) is shown extending northwards off its N wall. Described by Westropp (1905, 222) as a ‘curious house foundation and souterrain’. A doorway in the S wall was flanked by ‘two regular blocks that looked like seats’ (Westropp 1896, 363). This rectangular house site (int. dims. 7m N-S; 6m E-W) is defined by upright and inwardly tilting slabs, the tallest of which is visible in the NE corner and has a hole through it (H 1.15m; L 1.7m; T 0.12m). Westropp (ibid.) noted that similar structures (CL009-059107-) exist at Ballyganner (CL009-059064-), c. 7km to the WSW. Bowmer (2019, 71) believes that the slabs would have retained sod walls and that the design fits in with rectilinear houses of post-800 AD date. A possible souterrain (CL010-0640180-) lies c. 3m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 27 September 2021

• CL010-064016 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the NW shoulder of a high (between the 500’ and 600’ contours) ridge in rough pasture, overlooking the Castletown River valley SW-W-NW, with ground rising up steeply to the S and SE. Within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subrectangular cashel (int. dims. 38m NNW-SSE; 32m ENE-WSW) is defined by a double-faced stone wall (Wth 1-1.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m) built of uncoursed but regular blocks. A later field wall is built over the cashel perimeter. The SE quadrant (int. dims. 22m E-W; max. 6m N-S) of the rocky and uneven interior is enclosed by a curving stony bank (Wth 2m; H 0.7m) and within this subdivision are two oval cells or animal pens (int. dims. c. 4m N-S; 2m E-W). A hut site (CL010-243----) lies c. 82m to the SSW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 April 2023

• CL010-064017 Enclosure
  Description

  In high (above the 600’ contour) rough pasture with ground rising gently to E, where a cashel (CL010-064018-) lies c. 37m away, and with wide views S-W-N . Within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). This circular enclosure (int. diams. 10m N-S; 9.5m E-W; ext. diam. 14.5m E-W; 12.6m N-S) is defined by a grass-covered stony bank (Wth 1-4m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 0.4-0.7m). The interior is generally flat. A hut site (CL010-240----) lies c. 51m to the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 April 2023

• CL010-064018 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In high (above the 600’ contour) rough pasture with wide views especially to W and with ground rising slightly to N. Within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). This subcircular cashel (int. diams. 34m N-S; 30m E-W; ext. diam. 36m N-S; 32m E-W) is defined by a wall (av. Wth 0.9-1m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.8m) of generally small thin, uncoursed slabs and associated collapse (max. combined Wth 2m). A natural depression (Wth 1.4m; D 0.4m) forms a fosse outside the cashel W-NW and a later field wall overlies the perimeter E-SSE. The interior is slightly higher near the centre and contains a souterrain (CL010-064064-) to E of centre. Later wall foundations abut the cashel wall at S and WSW and partially grass-covered collapsed walls radiate off the cashel wall at S, SW and NNE. An enclosure (CL010-064017-) lies c. 37m to the W. A hut site (CL010-240----) lies c. 75m to the SW and there is another hut site (CL010-241----) c. 76m to the E. See attached image: CL010-064018-_01JPG Aerial view of monument from the SW (Photo. Markus Casey, March 2007). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 April 2023

• CL010-064045 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In an elevated position with wide views to the S, in semi-karst rough pastureland within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). This grass-covered circular cairn (diam. 8m; H 0.8-1m) has poorly defined edges, although a concentration of slabs (L of each 0.8-1.05m) embedded in the SSE part of the cairn may be part of a cist. There is a cashel (CL010-064009-) c. 38m to the SW, a hut site (CL010-239----) c. 25m to the NE, and a wedge tomb (CL010-064013-) c. 155m to the NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 19 April 2023

• CL010-064046 Hut site
  Description

  In a slight hollow on the S-facing slope of a rocky ridge in rough pasture, with good views from S to SW, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subrectangular hut site (int. dims. 7m ENE-WSW; 7m NNW-SSE) is defined by a stone and earth bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 0-0.4m). The interior is hollow and uneven, with a poorly defined L-shaped line of stones in the SE quadrant abutting the bank and enclosing a small space. There is late stonework on the edge of the hut site. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 May 2023

• CL010-064050 Enclosure
  Description

  In a natural depression between two parallel cliffs oriented N-S, in rough pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This subrectangular enclosure (c. 49m N-S; 36m E-W) is defined from SE to NE by a stone wall (Wth 1.5-2m; H 0.4m) which appears to be relatively modern in date. From NE to SE the edge appears to be defined by a natural cliff-face. Much of the perimeter is overgrown with hazel. A natural fosse-like depression (max. D 0.6m) of varying width extends E-W across the centre of the enclosure. There is a possible cairn (CL010-064061-) c. 45m to the NW. Cahercommaun cashel (CL010-064003-) lies c. 60m to the S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 May 2023

• CL010-064059 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  A ‘herdsman’s house (ruins)’ was reported by Tom Coffey by annotating a 6-inch map at ITM 528796, 697148. No remains were found at that location on inspection in 1999. However, a ruined house is visible c. 300m to the NNE on the OSi MapGenie orthophotos (2012-2018), at ITM 528936, 697449, and it is possible that this is the house to which he referred. It was a three-roomed house with small extensions, marked on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 May 2023

• CL010-064060 Hut site
  Description

  On a NW-sloping shoulder of a steep ridge, with wide views from W to E. In rough pasture and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Listed as ‘Cist’ in the RMP (1996) but that refers to CL010-064084- c. 300m to the SE. This small subcircular hut site (int. dims. 3m N-S; 2.7m E-W) is defined by a scarped earthen bank (ext. H 0.4-1.7m). There is an enclosure (CL010-242----) c. 84m to the SSE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 May 2023

• CL010-064061 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a slight rise near the W end of a ridge, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Listed as ‘Cairn’ in the RMP (1996). Reported as a ‘small cairn’ by Tom Coffey (SMR file). An oval-shaped possible cairn (4.8m N-S; 3.5m E-W; H 0.8m), possibly a small collapsed animal pen or shelter. There is an enclosure (CL010-064050-) c. 45m to the SE. Cahercommaun cashel (CL010-064003-) is visible c. 130m to the SSE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 May 2023

• CL010-064063 Cairn - burial cairn
  Description

  On a slight rise on an exposed semi-karst ridge with wide views all around, except from to SW to NW where there is slightly higher ground. In rough pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Listed as ‘Cemetery cairn’ in the RMP (1996). This grass-covered subcircular cairn (6m E-W; 5.8m N-S; H 0.5-0.9m) has traces of a kerb at the NW, where two earthfast stones are set along the cairn perimeter. There is a cist (CL010-064084-) at the top of the cairn. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 22 May 2023

• CL010-064064 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated to E of centre in a cashel (CL010-064018-), this collapsed souterrain (L 8m; Wth 1.3m; max. D 0.8m) is orientated ENE-WSW. Boulders and lintels fill the souterrain and a lintel is wedged in an upright position at the ENE end. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and by Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 April 2023

• CL010-064067 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a gentle N-facing slope on grass-covered karst and within a very large field system (CL010-064001-). The eastern of two conjoined circular enclosures (see also CL010-064085-, and hut site CL010-064086-) with a number of irregular related fields adjoining to the N. A circular area (int. dims. 17.6m N-S; 18.8m E-W) defined by a stone spread (H. 0.3-0.6m; Wth 2.4m at N to 3.9m at W). A drystone wall is built on top of the stone spread from SW to ENE. From there it extends ENE on top of an old field wall of similar construction to the cashel wall. An entrance feature at ESE (Wth1-1.1m) consists of two slabs laid across the line of the wall. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 March 2016

• CL010-064072 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a NW-facing slope. This is a large D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 65m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) defined by derelict drystone walls at NW, SE and SW, but the curved wall NW-N-NNE is maintained as a field boundary. There is no evidence that the walls are built on older walls or that the enclosure is an antiquity. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload:13 January, 2014

• CL010-064073 Sheepfold
  Description

  Indicated as an oval enclosure on the 1916 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and described as a sheepfold on the OS 25-inch map. It is located on a NW-facing slope and c. 50m from a severe NW-facing slope or cliff. This is an oval enclosure (dims 24m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by a drystone wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 January, 2014

• CL010-064074 Enclosure
  Description

  In a slight dip on the NW shoulder of a karst plateau (above the 600’ contour) in rough grazing, with widest views out to the NE, and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064074-). Indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and on the later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. This circular enclosure (int. dims. 13.9m E-W; 12.2m N-S; ext. dims. 19.2m E-W; 18.8m N-S) is defined by a stone wall (Wth 2.1m at N) and associated collapse (combined Wth 3-3.5m; H 0.3-0.5m). The outer wall-face is visible intermittently around the perimeter. A grass-covered field wall extends N from the NW edge of the enclosure. The enclosure entrance (Wth 0.85-0.87m) is at the SE, lined by two large and fine slabs (NE stone L 1.53m; H 0.3-0.73m; T 0.2-0.25m; SW stone L 2.1m; H 0.4-0.75m; T 0.2m) set on edge and extending transversely through the width of the wall. These slabs increase markedly in height toward the SE. There are several other upright slabs (H 0.7-0.78m; Wth 0.5-0.6m; T 0.14-0.2m) nearby, which may be part of the enclosure’s wall-faces. The enclosure interior is slightly hollow. The enclosure wall has largely been removed at W-NNW and an annexe (int. dims. 13.9m NE-SW; 6.9m NW-SE) has been added here. A later drystone wall (Wth 0.5m; H 0.5m) enclosing this annexe is also built over the enclosure, except where the latter was removed at W-NNW. Compiled by: Gearoid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 May 2023

• CL010-064076 Structure
  Description

  This record is for a number of structures that abutted the inside of the SE and NE quadrants of the inner enclosure at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-). These were excavated (Hencken 1938, Pl. 6; structures 3, 8, 9,10 and 11) and may have been lean-to structures (Cotter 1999, 66). Hencken’s structure 7 was described as ‘dubious’ and ‘much the worst piece of construction within the fort’. Cahercommaun is a national monument in State care. (Hencken 1938, 1-81; Cotter 1999, 41-95) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064077 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in the N portion of Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-). This souterrain (L 7m; Wth 0.67-1.1m) led from what Hencken (1938, 2) called the dwelling of the ‘chief occupant’ (CL010-064090-) under the inner wall of the fort to the edge of the ravine where a vertical crevice in the face of the cliff offered a means of escape in an emergency. A layer of mostly ash mixed with bones (D 0.35m) was found on bedrock at the bottom of the souterrain. Cahercommaun is a national monument in State care. (Hencken 1938, 1-81; Cotter 1999, 41-95) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064078 Souterrain
  Description

  Adjacent to ‘Souterrain A’ (CL010-064077-) in the N portion of Caharcommaun (CL010-064003-). A souterrain (L 6m; Wth 0.8-0.95m; H at S1.3m) roofed with limestone slabs and entered by a narrow flight of steps (Wth c. 0.5m). Excavation (Hencken 1938) revealed a layer of ash and animal bone as well as a human skull ‘surrounded by flat stones carefully laid’. This was interpreted by Hencken as a foundation deposit. According to Cotter (1999, 69) there are no known parallels for this theory, interment being more likely after the souterrains had gone out of use. A silver annular brooch was found in the roofed S end of the souterrain passage. Ó Floinn (1999, 78) suggests that the deposition of the brooch is likely to have taken place in the 9th century. Cahercommaun is a national monument in State care. (Hencken 1938, 1-81; Cotter 1999, 41-95) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064080 Souterrain
  Description

  On elevated winter pasture within a rectangular cashel (CL010-064014-). A NNE to SSW hollow (L 4.9m; Wth at NNE end; Wth at centre 2m; Wth at SSW end 1.4m; D 0.5-0.6m) may mark the site of a possible souterrain. No stonework is evident within it or along its sides. A house site (CL010-064015-) is located 3m to the ENE and another souterrain (CL010-064100-) extends off its N wall. A wedge tomb (CL010-064013-) is located c. 54m to the WSW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 27 September 2021

• CL010-064084 Cist
  Description

  Embedded in the top of a grass-covered cairn (CL010-064063-), this cist (1.84m E-W; 1m N-S) is defined on three sides by slabs set on edge: longer sidestones at the N (min. L 1.6m; H 0.5m; T 0.06m) and S (L 1.3m; H 0.55m; T c. 0.07m), and a shorter endstone (L 0.95m; T c. 0.08m) at the E. The heavily overgrown W endstone (Wth 0.25m) lies flat. There is a loose flat-lying slab in the W interior of the cist. The following images have been uploaded: CL010-064084-_01.jpg View of cist from N CL010-064084-_02.jpg View from W Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 22 May 2023

• CL010-064085 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On level ground on the N shoulder of a semi-karst hill, with gentle N-facing slopes to the N and S, and commanding wide views from W to N. In rough pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). This oval-shaped cashel (int. dims. 21m E-W; 16.4m N-S) is defined by a collapsed double-faced stone wall (Wth 0.9m; H 0.3-0.5m) and associated tumble (combined Wth 2.2-3.2m). Stones of the inner wall-face are visible intermittently. There is a stretch (L c. 5m) of the perimeter at the SW without any wall or tumble; this gap appears to have been made in modern times. A later drystone wall is built over the enclosure wall from ESE to S. There is a hut site (CL010-064086-) at the W edge of the interior. The E side is conjoined with a slightly larger and more substantial cashel (CL010-064067-). There is an enclosure (CL010-064005-) c. 73m to the NW, and a cairn (CL010-064087-) c. 49m to the NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 23 May 2023

• CL010-064086 Hut site
  Description

  Situated in the W interior of a cashel (CL010-064085-). This subcircular hut site (int. dims. 3.7m N-S; 3.2m E-W) is defined by a grass-covered collapsed wall (Wth c. 0.5m; H c. 0.2m). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 22 May 2023

• CL010-064087 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a gentle N-facing semi-karst slope with wide views from SW to NNE, in rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). A partly grass-covered subcircular cairn (7.5m E-W; 6.4m N-S; H 0.7-1m) overlaid by a NW-SE field wall. The following image has been uploaded: CL010-064087-_01.jpg View of cairn from SW Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 19 April 2023

• CL010-064089 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated in the N half of the inner enclosure at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) and conjoined with another hut site at E (Hencken 1938, 2, structure 6; CL010-064090-). A curvilinear house (diam. 7m) with a hearth (Hencken 1938, 2, structure 5) forming part of a cellular complex. Hencken (ibid., 2) noted that this structure was occupied by people ‘secondary to the chief’ but of only slightly less importance. From the point of view of attack this was the safest part of the fort possibly explaining why the principal dwellings where located there (Cotter 1999, 66). A large hearth between this house and the wall of the enclosure may have been associated with another structure (Hencken, Structure 5A). Cahercommaun is a national monument in State care. (Hencken 1938, 1-81; Cotter 1999, 41-95) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064090 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated in the N half of the inner enclosure at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) and conjoined with another hut site at W (CL010-064089-; Hencken 1938, 2, structure 5). A poorly constructed curvilinear house (diam. c. 6m) with a hearth (Hencken 1938, 2, structure 6) forming part of a cellular complex. Hencken noted that this structure was most likely occupied by the ‘chief’. From the point of view of attack this was the safest part of the fort possibly explaining why the principal dwellings where located there (Cotter 1999, 66). Five steps lead down to a souterrain (CL010-064077-). Cahercommaun is a national monument in State care. (Hencken 1938, 1-81; Cotter 1999, 41-95) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064091 Building
  Description

  Situated immediately S of the entrance passage to the inner enclosure at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-). Interpreted by Hencken (1938, 2; Structure 1) as a guardhouse. A passageway to the E (Structure 2) is likely to be a passageway giving access to the guardroom (Cotter 1999, 67-8). Cahercommaun is a national monument in State care. (Hencken 1938, 1-81; Cotter 1999, 41-95) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064092 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated in the centre of the inner enclosure at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-). A complex of rectangular structures which, according to Hencken (1938, 2; Structure 4) represent the quarters of the serving people and the kitchen as more querns were found there than elsewhere as well as two very extensive layers of ash. Cotter (1999, 67) finds it more likely that these buildings became the principal dwellings as they are centrally located and were better built. Cahercommaun is a national monument in State care. (Hencken 1938, 1-81; Cotter 1999, 41-95) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064093 Hut site
  Description

  Situated immediately outside the inner wall at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) at SE. Described and drawn by Hencken (1938, 11-12) as a small ‘cloghán’ (diam. c. 1.5m) with a projecting wall (L c. 2m) joining it to the cashel wall. The walls remained to 1.5m but the corbelled roof had fallen in. (Hencken 1938, 1-81) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064094 Hut site
  Description

  Situated immediately inside the outer wall of Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) at SW. Described by Hencken (1938, 11) as a subrectangular hut (int. dims. L 2.6m, W 1.7m) defined by walls of fairly regularly laid masonry (H 0.3-0.5m). The walls are not bonded into the wall of the cashel. Two other hut sites (CL010-064096- and CL010-064097-) are attached to the inside of the outer wall at S and SSE. (Westropp 1896, 156; Hencken 1938, 1-81) The following image has been uploaded: CL010-064094-_01.jpg View of hut site from E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064095 Hut site
  Description

  Attached to outside of the middle rampart at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) at S. Drawn on a plan by Hencken (1938, pl. II) as a subrectangular area (dims. c. 5m N-S x 2m E-W) with an entrance (c. 0.5m) at NW. One of a number of hut sites in the outer enclosed area of the cashel (see CL010-064094-, CL010-064096- and CL010-064097-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064096 Hut site
  Description

  Attached to the inside of the outermost wall at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) at S and immediately E of one of the radial walls extending from the middle to the outer wall. A small hut site (dims. c. 3m N-S; c. 2.5m E-W) with an entrance at SE mentioned by Hencken (1938, 11) as one of three such huts (see also CL010-064094- and CL010-064097-) against the inside of the outer wall and described as ‘roughly constructed’. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064097 Hut site
  Description

  Attached to the inside of the outermost wall at Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) at SSE in between the two radial walls extending from the middle to the outer wall. A small hut site (dims. c. 3m N-S; 2.5m E-W) mentioned by Hencken (1938, 11) as one of three such huts (see also CL010-064094- and CL010-064096-) against the inside of the outer wall and described as ‘roughly constructed’. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064098 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on flat cragland 16m SE from the outermost enclosing wall of Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-). Described by Hencken (1938, 7-8 and Fig. 3) as a ring of stones (diam. 6-7m) with a small souterrain (CL010-064099-) at SW. This was referred to by Westropp (1896, 155) as a 'cloghán'. This is a subcircular hut site (int. diam. 6.2m E-W; 4.9m N-S; max. ext. dims. 9.6m) defined by a collapsed and moss-covered stone wall built of flattish slabs in no particular orientation. The interior is uneven with occasional large stones. The following images have been uploaded: CL010-064098-_01 From W. Hut site. Souterrain lintel in foreground. CL010-064098-_02 From E. View of hut site. CL010-064098-_03 From S. Hut site with Cahercommaun in the background. CL010-064098-_04 View of hut site from SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 October 2016

• CL010-064099 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in the SW quadrant of a hut site (CL010-064098-) c. 16m SE from the outermost enclosing wall of Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-). Described by Hencken (1938, 7-8 and Fig. 3) as a short irregular crack in the underlying limestone (D 0.65m; Wth 0.75m) converted into a souterrain, one capstone of which survived. There were two internal upright slabs. A small collapsed souterrain (L 2.7m) aligned N-S. The opening to W is covered by a lintel (L 1.35m; Wth 0.68m) over a small chamber (Wth 1.1m; H 0.4m) with upright slabs at E and W and loose stone at the base. Investigations by Hencken (ibid.) found traces of ash and the bones of a dog. The following images have been uploaded: CL010-064099-_01.jpg From S. Lintel over souterrain opening. CL010-064099-_02.jpg From NW. Alignment of partially collapsed souterrain. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 29 April 2019

• CL010-064100 Souterrain
  Description

  Within a rectangular cashel (CL010-064014-) on an elevated plateau of winter pasture, with slightly higher ground from N to NE and within a large field system (CL010-064001-). A collapsed ‘cave’ leading from the N side of the house site (CL010-064015-) in the E sector of the cashel. Depicted as extending under a rectangular slab (Westropp (1905, 221). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 September 2021

• CL010-064101 Hut site
  Description

  Within a rectangular cashel (CL010-064014-) on an elevated plateau of winter pasture, with slightly higher ground from N to NE and within a large field system (CL010-064001-). A grassed-over arc of stone defining a semicircular area (c. 12m E-W; c. 6m N-S) abutting the inner face of the E end of the N wall of the cashel. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 September 2021

• CL010-064102 Enclosure
  Description

  In high (above the 600’ contour) rough pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Visible on GeoHive Aerial Premium imagery (2013-2018) as a circular area (est. max. diam. c. 13m) defined by a grassed-over enclosing element. Grassed over, relict field walls abut the enclosure at WNW and NE, and may overlie the enclosing element between WNW and NE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 6 April 2023

• CL010-064103 Enclosure
  Description

  On a high (above the 600’ contour) exposed ridge within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Visible on satellite imagery (Aerial Premium 2013-2018; Digital Globe 2011-2013) as a circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 13m) defined by a grassed-over enclosing element. A cashel (CL010-064024-) lies c. 50m to the NNW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 6 April 2023

• CL010-068 Enclosure
  Description

  On the W-facing slope of a ridge in pasture, with wide views from SE to NW. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Cashel’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1896, 363) as ‘a rath of earth and stones’. This oval-shaped enclosure (int. dims. 32m N-S; 28m E-W; ext. dims. c. 48m N-S; c. 42m E-W) is defined by a levelled bank (Wth c. 6m) visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and OSi MapGenie (2013-2018) orthophotos. However only the outer slope of this bank is traceable on the ground, appearing as a scarp (H 0.2-1m). On OSi MapGenie (2005-2012) a soilmark of a levelled wall is visible extending N from the N side of the enclosure. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 23 May 2023

• CL010-069 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a NE-facing slope in rocky rough pasture, with cliff edge extending E-W c. 30m to the N. Hachured on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Hachured and named ‘Cahereenmoyle’ on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Indicated and named ‘Cathairín Maol’ on Robinson’s (1977) map. This subcircular cashel (int. dims. 25m NW-SE; 24m ENE-WSW) is defined by a substantial but collapsed wall (Wth 4.5m at W; max. ext. H 2m). The outer wall-face is well made with uncoursed blocks of varying sizes, and survives all around except from ENE to SE. A possible entrance at the E is indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, but this was not visible during an inspection in 1999. There is a gap (Wth 0.9m) at the NE, seemingly associated with a later animal pen set into the outer face of the cashel. Two other animal pens are set into the outer wall-face at the W. The cashel interior slopes to the E. A further animal pen is built against the inner wall-face at the WSW. The inner wall-face seems to be of later construction. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 23 May 2023

• CL010-070001 Megalithic structure
  Description

  On the S-facing shoulder of a NE-SW ridge in pasture, commanding wide views out E-S-W. Marked as a rectangular feature named ‘Giant’s Grave’ on both the first (1842) and later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. The intervening OS 25-inch plan (1897) depicts a trapezoidal-shaped feature, orientated NNE-SSW (est. L c. 11m; est. Wth at narrower NNE end c. 3m; est. Wth at wider SSW end c. 5m) and labels it ‘Giant’s Grave’. The feature was described as a cist by Borlase (1897, 73). It was recorded by Westropp (1905, 219) as ‘a long, low, pear-shaped earthwork, full of blocks of stone, and measuring 33 feet [c. 10m] east and west, and 14 feet [c. 4.25m] north and south, near the west end; it tapers to a point at the east end. A slab set north and south appears near the west side; but if this be the remains of a cist, there is no other trace of one.’ De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 94) concluded that these remains did not ‘justify its acceptance as a megalithic tomb.’ During an inspection in 1999 a local person stated that the field had been reclaimed about nine years previously. No visible surface traces survive. There is a hut site (CL010-070002-) c. 40m to the NE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 May 2023

• CL010-070002 Hut site
  Description

  On the highest point of a NE-SW ridge in pasture, commanding wide views. Hachured as a rath on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Hachured as a mound and labelled ‘Carn’ on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Cairn’ in the RMP (1996). This subcircular hut site (int. diam. 8m; ext. dims. 15m N-S; 12m E-W) is defined by a bank (Wth 2-5m; int. H 0.2m; max. int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6-1.2m) of earth and stone, with two slabs (H 0.3m) set on edge at the NE marking an inner revetment (H 0.3m). A low modern wall extending NNW-SSE just outside the bank at the W may incorporate part of a possible outer revetment. There are loose stones in the interior. There is a megalithic structure (CL010-070001-) c. 40m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 23 May 2023

• CL010-071 Enclosure
  Description

  In a slight natural hollow on the rocky hazel-and blackthorn-covered SW-facing slope of a ridge (between the 400’ and 500’ contours). Outlined on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and on the later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Cashel (possible)’ in the RMP (1996). Described and discussed by Gibson (2007, 20-24), this heavily overgrown, irregularly subcircular enclosure (c. 60m ENE-WSW; c. 59m NNW-SSE) is defined by a loose drystone wall of leaning slabs which is most visible along the SE sector. The very uneven interior was inaccessible during an inspection in 1999. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 May 2023

• CL010-204 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a small rocky ledge with lower ground to NW and SE. Noted during inspection in the area in 1999 as a possible cashel but found to be an enclosure (diam. c. 20m) of modern construction defined by a drystone wall enclosing an uneven rocky area. An adjoining enclosure of similar date was noted at NW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 March 2016

• CL010-229 Cave
  Description

  On a limestone cliff in a karst valley some 280m NW of Cahercommaun cashel (CL010-064003-) in an area of hazel scrub. Two short open-ended lengths of fossil cave passages oriented N-S (total L 15m; max. Wth 2.5m; max. H 1.5m), the most southern of which has evidence of drystone walling constructed at both ends and possibly delimiting a chamber. At the N end the walling is just under the overhanging roof while at the S end the wall is set back c. 1m from the cave wall. A pit in the floor of the cave shows an upper layer (D 0.3m) of silty organic material overlying a sterile grey material. Glencurran cave (CL010-054----) lies c. 570m to the SW. (SMR file; pers. comm. Colin Bunce, 28 June 2015, Dr. Marion Dowd, 28 June 2015) Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on details provided by Colin Bunce and Dr. Marion Dowd, Institute of Technology, Sligo. Date of upload: 30 June 2015

• CL010-239 Hut site
  Description

  In an elevated position with wide views to the S, in semi-karst rough pastureland within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). A subcircular hut site (diam. c. 10m) defined by a grassed-over stone wall and visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A cairn (CL010-064045-) lies c. 25m to the SW and a cashel (CL010-064009-) lies c. 74m to the SW. A wedge tomb (CL010-064013-) lies c.120m to the NE and a rectilinear cashel (CL010-064014-) lies c. 30m further NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 July 2023

• CL010-240 Hut site
  Description

  On a W-facing slope in high rough pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). A circular hut site (diam. c. 9m) defined by a grassed-over stony bank and visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A small enclosure (CL010-064017-) lies c. 50m to the N and a cashel (CL010-064018-) lies c. 75m to the NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 July 2023

• CL010-241 Hut site
  Description

  In high rough pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). A subcircular hut site (diam. c. 9m) defined by a grassed-over stony bank and visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A cashel (CL010-064018-) lies c. 75m to the W and an enclosure (CL010-064102-) lies c. 60m to the N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 July 2023

• CL010-242 Enclosure
  Description

  On a NW-facing shoulder of a steep NE-SW ridge, within an extensive field system (CL010-064001-). A subcircular enclosure (c. 34m N-S; c. 32m E-W) defined by a grassed-over wall, visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A possibly contemporary field wall extends W from the W perimeter and an enclosed area abuts the site at SW. Many ringforts and cashels occupy the same ridge. A subrectangular cashel (CL010-064066-) lies c. 86m to the NE and a hut site lies c. 90m to the NNW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 June 2023

• CL010-243 Enclosure
  Description

  On a NW-facing shoulder of a steep NE-SW ridge, within an extensive field system (CL010-064001-). A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 12m N-S) defined by a grassed-over wall, visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018) and on Digital Globe (2011-2013). A cashel (CL010-064016-) lies c. 83m to the NNE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 June 2023

• CL010-261 Enclosure
  Description

  In the Carran depression on a very low rise in exposed karst surrounded seasonally by the waters of a turlough. A circular area (diam. c. 14m) defined by a low partially grassed-over wall visible on Google Earth (14 September 2009) and on Digital Globe (2011-2013). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 August 2023

• CL010-269 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Just c. 12m SE of NW-facing inland cliffs named 'Scalpduff' on the 1916 OS 6-inch map and c. 470m NE of Cahercommaun fort (CL010-064003-). Within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). A subrectangular enclosure (c. 43m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) defined by a stone wall and visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A house site (CL010-069001-) lies in the NE interior and several small pens are in the SW interior against the perimeter with another in the NE corner and one on the NE exterior. Two cashels (CL010-064085- and CL010-064067-) lie c. 140m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 August 2023

• CL010-269001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the NE interior of a possible cashel (CL010-269----). A subrectangular house site (c. 10m NW-SE; c. 7m NE-SW) defined by grassed-over stone foundations visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 August 2023

• CL010-270 Enclosure
  Description

  On top of an upland plateau of semi-exposed karst and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). A possible D-shaped enclosure (c. 42m NW-SE) with a straight SE side defined by a grassed-over stone wall visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A smaller enclosure (CL010-272----) lies along the straight side and a hut site (CL010-271----) occupies the NW interior. A later stone NE-SW stone wall forming the townland boundary crosses the site. A wedge tomb (CL010-064-023-) lies c. 100m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 August 2023

• CL010-271 Hut site
  Description

  In the NW interior of an enclosure that itself within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). A subcircular hut site (diam. c. 10m) defined by a grassed-over stone wall visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). Another enclosure (CL010-272----) lies on the SE perimeter of the enclosure. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 August 2023

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tullycommon.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tullycommon.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Tullycommon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Tullycommon · Tulach Chumann

Area

3,897,964 m² (389.8 ha, 963.21 acres)

Civil parish

Killinaboy, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Glenroe, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconry, Castletown, Clooncoose, Creevagh, Fahee South, Poulaphuca, Slievenaglasha, Teeskagh

Placenames

Tullycommon on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.