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Multi-periodSite Name: Cahermacnaughten Alternative Name: Cahermacnaghten, Cathair Mhic NeachtainCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Clare Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Ballyvaughan
Map Ref: M197001
Latitude: 53.045826N Longitude: 9.198042W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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jeffrep visited on 19th Apr 2008 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Cahermacnaughten is a stone fort most likely built during the medieval period as a fortified farmstead. Huge stones were used in constuction, and the walls are almost 10 feet high. It is almost round in shape, with a diameter of about 100 feet. Inside the enclosure, the accumulation of centuries of domestic materials has raised the ground level inside the fort covering the foundations of buildings whose outlines can still be detected. Occupied as late as the end of the 17th Century CE, it is most famous as the location of the celebrated Gaelic law school of the O'Davoren family.
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