Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In rocky pasture above a low cliff on the E side and overlooking a narrow N-S steep sided valley that bisects Knockadoon Peninsula separating Back Hill to the W and Knockmore to the E. The enclosure site is located NE of a complex Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement that was discovered during a campaign of archaeological excavation over 18 seasons led by Professor Seán P. Ó Ríordáin at Lough Gur (Cleary 2018). These include archaeological excavations by Ó Ríordáin at Circle K (LI032-022028-) 315m to SW and at Circle J (LI032-022020-) 250m to SW. Archaeological excavations were conducted by Cleary at a C-shaped enclosure (LI032-022008-) 300m to WSW. The enclosure (LI032-022026-) is located 50m to NW.
The site is not depicted on historic OSi maps nor is it clearly visible on both OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013. Grogan (1989) described the enclosure as D-shaped with max. dimensions of 15m. It is referred to as ‘Grogan Site 22’ in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland Site and Monuments Record Archive. The site of the enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 20/09/2020. The precise location of the monument should be verified by fieldwork.

See attached site location map by Cleary 2003 and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 25 November 2020

References

Cleary, R. 2018 The archaeology of Lough Gur. Dublin. Wordwell.

Cleary, R. et al. 2003 Enclosed Late Bronze Age Habitation Site and Boundary Wall at Lough Gur, Co. Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 103C, 97-189.

Grogan, E. 1989 The Early Prehistory of the Lough Gur Region: Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement patterns in North Munster, south of the River Shannon, 3 Vols. Doctoral PhD Thesis submitted to the Dept. of Archaeology, University College Dublin.