Cahercommaun Triple Walled Fort, Glencurraun, Co. Clare

Cahercommaun Triple Walled Fort, Glencurraun, Co. Clare

Triple walled fort

Triple stone ringfort

Lantern slide of Cahercommaun Stone Fort, Co. Clare. Originally catalogued with labels 'C3 6' and '9 Cahercommaun triple walled fort Glencurraun Co. Clare 1913'. The stone fort depicted is located on the edge of a steep valley; a man is featured in the centre left of the image. The fort lies on the edge of an inland cliff facing north overlooking the valley of Glencurraun. It has three concentric walls. The outer wall measures some 350 ft east-west by 245 ft north-south. The inner wall is about 5 ft thick and 4 ft high and rises 12 to 14 feet above the cliff. The innermost wall forms an almost complete circle while the two other walls form only a semicircle. It contains three chambers wihin the wall. The fort would have been home to roughly forty people and was built around 800 AD.

Sophie Hogan

The Discovery Programme

1913

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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RSAI, Lantern Slide, BOX 03

18/03/15

Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure

RSAI Lantern Slide Collection

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Lantern Slides

Ireland

Clare

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Irish National Grid East: 21922

Irish National Grid North: 96608

Position Source: www.irish.gridreferencefinder.ie

Latitude: 53.0390

Longitude: -9.14742

Place: The burren, co. clare Latitude: 53.0077906 Longitude: -9.00214189999997

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