Caherconnell Stone Fort & Field School

A Remarkable Burren Sheep Family Farm with a Direct Connection to Ireland’s Bronze Age & Medieval Ancestors. Set right at the heart of the Burren’s raw beauty in County Clare, on Irelands Wild Atlantic Way, Caherconnell is a treasured local sheep farm with a rich history that comprises several significant archaeological sites. The first is a doline dating back to Ireland’s Bronze Age period where exciting finds have included pottery fragments, blades and arrowheads to grinding quern stones. The second is a 10th-century AD stone medieval ringfort that has attracted substantial global attention due to its vast size and for the large number of quality artifacts that share insights into the ruling classes that evolved here until the 17th-century AD. Interestingly, there is clear evidence through sheep and dog bones found that Ireland’s earliest farmers settled at the Bronze Age and Medieval sites, creating a direct connection with the Davoren family’s sheep farm at Caherconnell today. • Davoren Family | 5th generation farmers | custodians of the local farming tradition and heritage. • Sheepdog Demonstrations | meet a Davoren shepherd | watch border collies herd sheep and cattle. • Caherconnell Fort | medieval stone ringfort | archaeological excavations | fascinating artifacts. • Archaeology Field School | LIVE archaeological dig of the medieval ringfort | May to August. • Bronze Age Doline | insights into Ireland’s earliest ancestors | fascinating artifacts. • Burren Life & Farming | from the Bronze Age | to the Middles Ages | to the Davoren family.