DDiscover AloneMapAbout

Enclosure in Leamcon

Enclosure

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What do you know about this place?Tap to add a comment or ask a question

What you write will be public.

What is recorded here

In tillage, SW of Leamcon House. Circular area (diam. 21m) slightly lower than ground level, enclosed by fosse (Wth 10m; D 0.9m) with possible causeway to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO148-024

Places near here

Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandhighlights.com
  • Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.youtube.com
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Leamcon HouseCountry house · 384 yd

Explorer Tom Leamcon House is going to bring the worst party trick of your life: a two-century-old wall that won’t budge. It’s got a…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballybrack (carbery West (w.d.) By.)Fairy fort / earthen ringfort · 923 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballybrack By. is partially enclosed by a field fence and has two stones marking an…

Signal Tower 32Signal tower · 1572 yd

Explorer Tom Signal Tower 32 in Balteen used to watch out for French invaders back in 1796. Now it’s just a house with a flat roof…

Goat Island LittleIslet · 1.1 mi

Explorer Tom Goat Island Little was saved by a hero nobody remembers who threw a rope from a boat and then sailed away without…

Lowertown HouseHouse · 1.3 mi

Explorer Tom Lowertown House has a symmetrical façade with central chimneystacks that are basically twins. It retains many original…

Portal tomb in ArderrawinnyPortal tomb · 1.4 mi

Explorer Tom Portal tomb in Arderrawinny leans south into the foot of a cliff with two tall portal-stones at the entrance. It’s…

Sea FortCountry house · 1.4 mi

Explorer Tom Sea Fort in Croagh is sitting pretty overlooking a tidal channel. It’s a late eighteenth-century gem that looks like it…

AltarViewpoint · 1.7 mi

Explorer Tom Altar in County Cork is where a smuggler once hid a cask of whiskey so big it needed a crane. The locals say he never…

Coney IslandIslet · 1.7 mi

Explorer Tom Coney Island in County Cork is so tiny and low-lying that a Viking got lost walking past it thinking it was just a…

CastleCastle, unclassified · 5.3 mi

Explorer Tom Crosshaven Castle has a bird living in its imaginary walls that refuses to leave, claiming it’s the only thing keeping…

Doonanore Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 6.0 mi

Explorer Tom Doonanore Castle in Baile Iarthach Thuaidh is cut off by the tides on Cape Clear. It’s got a collapsed corner and…

Graveyard in Baile Iarthach Thuaidh (cléire)Graveyard · 6.1 mi

Explorer Tom The Graveyard in Baile Iarthach Thuaidh overlooks Cape Clear’s north harbour from a high slope, so it has the best seat…

More archaeology and monuments in County Cork · All of County Cork

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover

Next place · or swipeLeamcon House