Hillfort from Clogher
The Hillfort of Clogher ( Irish Clochar ) is located on a hill south of the "Clogher Cathedral" in the southwest of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland .
The complex structure, which could have been from the Late Bronze Age or the Early Iron Age , covers an area of around 2.0 hectares and consists mainly of the large hill with some ramparts, especially on the north side. The original structure may have been a simple wall with an external moat. The other structures may have been added when the older design was built over with a ring fort in the 7th century . Clogher is considered the inauguration place of the Airgialla , which were originally a sub-tribe of the Uí Néill . They later changed their loyalty to the Uí Néills and ruled over large parts of the northern Midlands at the beginning of the 9th century. To the south of the main structure is a small triangular mound called the Initiation Mound. In the middle of the ring, which had a gate tower at the entrance, was the house of the clan chief.
Today the ramparts and moat can still be seen, although the trees that crown the hill make it difficult to understand the importance of the square.
literature
- Matthew Stout: The Irish Ringfort. (= Irish Settlement Studies. Number 5). Four Courts Press, Dublin 1997, ISBN 1-85182-582-7 .
- Richard B. Warner: Clogher: an archaeological window on early Medieval Tyrone and Mid Ulster. In: William Nolan, Henry A. Jefferies (Eds.): Tyrone History & Society. 2000
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Coordinates: 54 ° 24 ′ 28 " N , 7 ° 10 ′ 16.4" W.