What is recorded here

Indicated is a subcircular stone enclosure twenty-seven metres across on karst and scrub in County Clare, marked on maps since 1842 but still called only an enclosure. Its loose wall stands one metre high with a sharp angle at the east and collapses into broad footings at the north, as if the circle forgot which part to keep. Sheep may have walked the pasture strips beside it for centuries, pressing the stones lower while people stopped asking what the shape meant.

On mixed karst and scrub but with a strip of improved pasture running NE-SW immediately to the N and another running NW-SE to the SW. Hachured on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map and indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subcircular enclosure (int. diam. 27m E-W) is defined by a loose wall (Wth 1.3-1.4m; int. H 1-1.2m; ext. H 1m) and associated collapse, with a noticeable angle at E. At N, the wall is reduced to footings (Wth 1.8-2m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 July 2023

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