Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Leamaneh North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leamaneh North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.98571, -9.12696
- SMR number
- CL016-181----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on top of Knockloon Hill, c. 40m E of a ring-barrow (CL016-137----) and c. 12m E of another enclosure . A circular enclosure partially revealed as a geophysical anomaly by the Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archeology (NUIG) and partially excavated in 2018 (Ó Maoldúin 2020). The enclosure manifested as an enclosure c. 18m in diameter defined by a 1m wide ditch with a possible entrance at E. The excavations are not complete and it is intended to continue in due course.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 13 October 2020
References
Ó Maoldúin, R. 2020 Preliminary report on archaeological excavations of barrow CL016-037 and associated geophysical anomalies on Knockloon Hill, Leamaneh North, Co. Clare. (Licence no. 18E0300) Unpublished report. Submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.