Enclosure in Clara

Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (BKS 78892/78891) shows faint outline of circular enclosure. Test-trenching was carried out under licence no. 04E1150 as part of the planning schedule for a housing development adjacent to a ringfort (SMR 8:6). A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house sites, roadways and ancillary works. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed. John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon's Cross, Cork. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 April 2009