What is recorded here

Five metres across and no taller than a kneeling man, the small circular enclosure sits on the north side of the river in An Gleann Mór. It may belong to the same Early Bronze Age hands that raised the nearby wedge-tomb and standing stone, though the valley has kept that answer hidden beneath turf and time. A person could have stood inside it, looked across the water, and marked the place for returning. The bog above still swallows what the valley cannot remember.

Enclosure described by Cuppage (1986, 18-20, no. 24) as follows; 'The steep-sided valley known as An Gleann Mor extends NE from Dunquin between Croaghmarhin to N and Coumaleague Hill to S. Its upper reaches are now covered by blanket bog and provide only rough grazing for sheep. On the S slopes of the valley, about 75m from the small river that flows along its centre, is a wedge-tomb (8) which is largely buried in the bog. Other features of interest on the N side of the river include a standing stone and megalithic structure (9), a cairn (4), possible cist (5) and two enclosures (2 and 3) [KE042-132001-/002-]. The relationship between all these features cannot be determined by means of a surface examination, but the presence of the standing stone and wedge-tomb suggests Early Bronze Age activity in the valley, and it is possible that at least some of the other features, including the walls, are related to this. (3) A small circular enclosure measuring 5m in diameter internally and enclosed by a very low, turf-covered bank'.

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