Enclosure in Smithstown (corcomroe By.)

In an area of overgrown marshy pasture on the edge of a steep S-facing slope on the N banks of the Smithstown River c. 155m WSW of Smithstown Castle (CL015-034002-). Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. A collapsed and grassed-over roughly circular stone and earth enclosure (diam. 11.75m) defined by a bank (H 0.6m at S to 0.8m at N; Wth 2-6m) with intervening gaps at the ESE (Wth 1.8m) and WNW (Wth 2.1m). The bank edges are well defined except along the S where the ground drops sharply towards the river. The site is very overgrown. The following item has been uploaded: CL015-032----_01.jpg View of enclosure from S Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 3 July 2023