Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In mature deciduous forestry on the steep and rocky SE slope of Knockadoon Peninsula. The site is located above and NW of the path connecting Black Castle (LI032-031----) with Bouchier's Castle (LI032-022034-). Archaeological excavations were conducted by Professor Seán P. Ó Ríordáin at Circle K (LI032-022028-) 410m to W; Circle J (LI032-022020-) 300m to WSW and at Site E (LI032-022032-) 70m to NE. Circle L (RMP No. ) is located 40m to NW.
The site is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch or on the 1897 ed. 25-inch maps. It is depicted on the Cassini 6-inch OSi map as a curving arc of hachures defining an enclosure open to the SE (ext. diam. c. 25m). Grogan (1989, Vol. 2, 6) described the enclosure as Circle L from within Windle’s (1912) series. The two sites are separate monuments in distinct locations.
The site is visible as woodland on Google Earth orthoimage taken28/06/2018. Future fieldwork should seek to identify the site on the hillside within the woodland.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 25 November 2020

References

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.

Ó Ríordáin, S.P. 1954 Lough Gur excavations: Neolithic and Bronze Age houses on Knockadoon. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 56C, 297-460.