What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular stone enclosure on a south-facing slope above the Glencullen River in County Dublin. Its low bank, reinforced with boulders inside, surrounds a sloped floor scattered with irregular granite stones. A narrow western gap admits entry while the eastern edge merges into a later field wall. The nearby passage tomb suggests this was not mere pasture management but a place where people gathered, marked time or performed rituals beneath an open sky.

This enclosure is situated in pasture on a S facing slope above the Glencullen River. This site comprises a circular sloped area (int. diam. 18.5m) defined by a low, wide bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.2m; H 0.9-1.2m) revetted with larger boulders against its inner face. There are a number of irregular granite boulders in the interior. The enclosing bank is truncated in the E by a field boundary wall. There is a narrow opening in the W (Wth 1.6m). There is a passage tomb close-by to the N (DU026-042001)(Healy 1975, 1-19) Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 15 April 2018.

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