Cahervagliar
From Wikishire
Cahervagliar is a one-acre ringfort (a 'rath') that is listed as a National Monument in County Cork.[1]
Cahervagliar is located just over three miles south-south-east of Kilmichael.[2]
- Location map: 51°47’35"N, 8°59’49"W
History and description
Cahervagliar is a bivallate ringfort, 240 feet in diameter with a lintelled stone entrance to the east.[3] The name means "stone ringfort of sons of Lóegaire": it was the fortress of the Cenél Lóegairi, kings in central Ireland, of whom Lóegaire mac Néill was one. However, the Lóegairi clan did not build the fort, as they did not arrive until after 1172, and this fort is of the type built between 550 and 900 AD.
Within the fort, villagers were housed in wooden huts. Local lore claims that Brian Boru was once held hostage here.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Wish I Was In Ireland: Cahervagliar
- ↑ "Cappeen Cahervagliar Ringfort, Co. Cork (2)". 31 January 2008. https://www.flickr.com/photos/buildingsandmonumentsofireland/8747563250/.
- ↑ Manning, Conleth (1987). "The Stone-Built Ringfort Entrance at Cahirvagliair, Cappeen, Co. Cork". The Journal of Irish Archaeology 4: 37–54.
- ↑ Tibus, Website design and development by. "Cahervagliar Fort - Attractions - Museums and Attractions - All Ireland - Republic of Ireland - Cork - Coppeen - Discover Ireland". http://www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/cahervagliar-fort/49734.
- ↑ Swarbrick, John (1 January 1927). "National Ancient Monuments Year Book". Wykeham Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=nc0xAQAAIAAJ&q=Cahervagliair.
- Heritage Ireland listing
- Theodore, William; Francis X.Moody; Martin; Byrne, Francis John; Cosgrove, Art: A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland (Oxford University Press, 1976) (via Google Books) ISBN 9780198217374
