Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In generally level, improved pasture, with rock outcrop close to the surface. Listed as ‘Rectangular enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 58m) on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map and depicted as an oval enclosure (c. 55m NW-SE; c. 37m NE-SW) on the 25-inch and 1921 editions where it is truncated by a townland boundary across the SE sector. During archaeological assessment nearby Rooney (2007, 19-20) noted that ‘The site today is represented by a low bank located in the corner of the field. The bank may represent the W side of the monument marked on the 3rd edition map however no other trace of the monument survives’. Rooney (ibid.) continues, ‘The grassed over bank measures c. 34m in length, 4.7m in width and c. 0.76m high….and appears to curve to the NNW. The field in which the monument is located appears to have been reclaimed and it is most likely that the enclosure was almost completely levelled in the process.’ On inspection in 2017 the monument was not visible at ground level. The enclosure site is bisected by a field boundary (long-axis NW-SE). A townland boundary (long-axis ENE-WSW) truncates the SE sector of the area as per historic mapping. No trace of the monument is evident on either side of it.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 13 November 2017

References

Rooney, F. 2007 Archaeological Pre-Development Testing at Tulla and Bunavory Townlands, Tulla, Co. Clare (Planning Ref. 06/2713, Licence No. 07E0172), 19-20. Unpublished report. National Monuments Section, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.