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Enclosure in Clashedmond

Enclosure
Enclosure in Clashedmond
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'Located 30m north of a small stream on land that slopes down to the south, the site affords good views of the Sliabh Mis to the south and south-west, as well as to the east and west. The view to the north is blocked by the rising ground towards Monument Wood. The site consists of a D-shaped enclosure, the enclosing…

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'Located 30m north of a small stream on land that slopes down to the south, the site affords good views of the Sliabh Mis to the south and south-west, as well as to the east and west. The view to the north is blocked by the rising ground towards Monument Wood. The site consists of a D-shaped enclosure, the enclosing bank, now mainly grass covered with exposed areas, is constructed entirely of limestone rubble with intermittent slabs within the wall. The enclosing wall/bank is best preserved to the west where it is 0.7m high internally and externally and 7.5m in width. There is no evidence for a ditch either internally or externally and a slight internal depression around the line of the enclosing element is in fact due to the raised nature of the interior, where there is much stone collapse. The most coherent area of collapse/rubble within the interior measures 12m N-S by 11m E-W and is 0.5m high. This may represent the ruins of a stone hut as there appears to be a wall width of 2m and a possible entrance 1.2m wide to the north. The internal dimensions of the enclosure are 33m N-S and 35m E-W the total dimensions of the site are 40.4m N-S and 50.2m E-W.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 22 June 2012

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE038-017

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Irish Examiner; individual photographer not stated on source page, www.irishexaminer.com
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