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<< Our Photo Pages >> Caherconnell - Stone Fort or Dun in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Clare

Submitted by jeffrep on Thursday, 11 September 2008  Page Views: 12197

Multi-periodSite Name: Caherconnell Alternative Name: Cathair Chonaill
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Clare Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Ballyvaughan
Map Ref: R236995
Latitude: 53.041007N  Longitude: 9.139762W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Jansold visited on 10th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Commercialised site, with high entrance fee. Visitor centre is more about the cafe and the sheepdogs.

jeffrep visited on 17th Apr 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4



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Caherconnell
Caherconnell submitted by jeffrep : The exterior wall at Caherconnell Stone Fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Fort or Dun in Co. Clare. Caherconnell is a large nearly circular stone fort in the Burren. It is approximately 140 to 145 feet in external diameter, has 12 feet thick walls, and is anywhere from six to 14 feet high.

It is thought to have been inhabited from 400-1200 CE, although one researcher suggests that its entrance may have been built at a later date, which suggests that it may have been inhabited at a later date. There is an informative visitor's center on The Burren adjacent to Caherconnell.

Note: Discovery of possibly the oldest body yet from Ireland, and a well-timed site page and photo from jeffrep to go with it.
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Caherconnell
Caherconnell submitted by jeffrep : The partially destroyed exterior wall at Caherconnell Stone Fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Caherconnell submitted by jeffrep : Approaching Caherconnell Stone Fort in the heart of The Burren in County Clare. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Caherconnell submitted by jeffrep : Interior Wall and Dwelling Ruins Inside Caherconnell Stone Fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Preliminary Report on excavation of Wedge tomb CL017-180002, Parknabinia by Andy B on Wednesday, 31 August 2016
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Wedge tomb CL017-180002 is located on Roughan Hill, in Parknabinnia townland, Co. Clare, at NGR 525877, 693263 or ITM 125910, 193227 (Figs 1-4). Roughan Hill is a southwest to northeast orientated ridge situated on the southern extent of the Burren. From the site, CL017-180002, there are good views to the southwest, south and southeast, that include the Fergus River and Lough Inchiquin. The surrounding landscape is typical of the Burren, with occasionally bare karst limestone protruding through thin but fertile soils. To the south the lands are capped by shale and the vegetation is more bog-like

https://www.academia.edu/27956123/Preliminary_Report_on_the_excavation_of_Wedge_tomb_CL017-180002_Parknabinia_Co._Clare._Licence_15E0053
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Excavations at the Cleaven Carraig, Co. Cavan 2015 by Andy B on Wednesday, 29 June 2016
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Set amongst the karst landscape of the Burren, Co. Cavan, the 'Cleaven Carraig' CV004-059 is a sandstone erratic which has been split into three pieces. This site was chosen for excavation as it appeared that at this site people had begun to fashion a stone to use as a portal tomb capstone, but had never finished building the monument. Two cupmarks had been added to the southern and higher end of this stone.

The Cleaven Carraig is clearly the remains of a stone which has been split into two main pieces. Possible flake scars on the edge of the stones indicate that this splitting was done by people as opposed to natural processes, and the cupmarks pecked into the surfaces suggest that this took place either in, or prior to, the Bronze Age. The excavation revealed that a large elongated U‐shaped pit had been cut into the limestone pavement beneath. The pit was completely devoid of any material culture or human remains, even though it could have functioned as a basic form of burial chamber. Since all other known forms of megalithic monument from the Neolithic and Bronze Age contain some form of deposit, the most likely interpretation for this site, therefore, is that it is not a monument per se, but it is the remains of a stone or stones which were designed to be made into a monument which was never completed. Its location close to two other known portal tombs, and a wedge tomb is highly suggestive that this stone was being fashioned to make a capstone

https://www.academia.edu/26589694/DSR_excavations_at_the_Cleaven_Carraig_Co._Cavan_2015
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Neolithic beginnings on Roughan Hill and the Burren by Andy B on Saturday, 23 January 2016
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Carleton Jones: 2003 Neolithic beginnings on Roughan Hill and the Burren. In Armit, I. et al. (eds.) Neolithic Settlement in Ireland and Western Britain.

Roughan Hill is located in the south-east corner of the Burren, Co. Clare, a distinctive karstic limestone area on the west coast of Ireland. Survey and excavation have shown that by the later 3rd and early 2nd millennia Roughan Hill possessed a remarkable concentration of farmsteads and ritual monuments set within an extensive system of field walls. Also on Roughan Hill are several earlier ritual monuments and other hints of earlier activity. The concentration of settlement and ritual activity evident by the end of the Neolithic, therefore, appears to have its roots earlier in the period.

https://www.academia.edu/20229511/
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Re: Caherconnell by aurelien on Friday, 28 May 2010
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just visited this site at the start of the week, and i was NOT impress at all. it lacked charm or atmosphere. the little neolithic chamber just a few meters away from the fort was more " interesting".
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4,500-year-old arrowhead found in Burren excavation by coldrum on Thursday, 01 October 2009
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4,500-year-old arrowhead found in Burren excavation

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of what could be the oldest
habitation site in the Burren (County Clare, Ireland) dating back
4,500 years at Caherconnell. Director of the dig, Graham Hull said
that the team of archaeologists 'were whooping and jumping up and down
at the discovery of a stone arrowhead'. He said: "We didn't even have
to carbon date it. We knew instantly that the arrowhead is a time
marker and dates to approximately 2500 BCE".
The arrowhead was found by archaeologist Anita Pinagli and Mr
Hull said the discovery 'was the star find of the dig'. He said: "The
remains of a post-built wooden house were discovered and the finely-
made arrowhead, together with the hundreds of stone tools and pottery
dating to the Late Neolithic period or Early Bronze Age, indicate
strongly that we have found a prehistoric settlement. It could be the
oldest habitation site yet known on the Burren."
Mr Hull said the Burren would have been more populous than it is
now and the people would have been farmers and also hunted for wild
deer and wild birds. "Also found, and supporting the notion that this
is a domestic site, were a sandstone saddle quern and a granite
rubbing stone that would have been used to grind cereals in the
prehistoric period," he added.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0917/1224254720000.html
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2000 year old burial in the Burren by bat400 on Thursday, 09 October 2008
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Submitted by coldrum, a similar article ---

THE PARTIAL remains of a young person, probably female, which could date back to between 2500-2000 BC, have been uncovered during an archaeological dig in the Burren, Co Clare.

A significant factor of the discovery is that the body had been allowed to decompose elsewhere before some of the skeleton was placed where it was found, according to archaeologist, Graham Hull.

Mr Hull, who runs a private archaeological company TVAS at Crusheen, Co Clare, said the remains were "disarticulated". The excavation team, which was carrying out the dig as part of Heritage Week events, recovered the skull, rib bones, spine, pelvis and right arm during the dig. With the bones were part of a stone axe and other flints and artefacts which led experts to believe the bones date from 2500-2000 BC.

"The fact that all the bones were not there would suggest that the body was brought from somewhere else and were allowed to decompose before burial," Mr Hull said. He said this was similar to practices carried out by North American Indians, but there were other examples in Ireland of bones from bodies being deposited like this.

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Re: Caherconnell by Anonymous on Friday, 12 September 2008
I am impressed with the symmetrical form of the outer wall. The inward taper of the stonework, and consistancy of this angle causes me to think the folks that built this fort used some kind of optical/mechanical template to control the degree of the inward sloping angle. Of course, they simply may have had very good eyeball ability. But, a work of this size would have required a lot of laborers, and they certainally all were not skilled stoneworkers, so some kind of control device may have been employed. Although I am from the colonies, (Connecticut) I have thrown a few rocks myself, and know that this seemingly simple feature is not easy to construct. Also the quality of the photos is very good. Hats off to jeffrep! This is so much fun to see.
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Discovery of possibly the oldest body yet from Ireland by Andy B on Thursday, 11 September 2008
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10,000-year-old body may be oldest found here

MEET Pauleen, the name archaeologists have given to the remains of a young woman they believe could be the oldest Irish body ever discovered.

The ancient body, which has been named Pauleen, was discovered during an excavation at Caherconnell Stone Fort in Co Clare on Saturday, just metres away from the world famous Poll na mBrón dolmen.

The excavation team, led by Crusheen-based TVAS Ireland, have so far uncovered Pauleen’s complete skull, rib bones, spine, pelvis and her right arm. The remains were lifted on Sunday and have been sent for radiocarbon dating. It is estimated they could be 10,000 years old.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=ireland-qqqm=ireland-qqqa=ireland-qqqid=72000-qqqx=1.asp
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