Enclosure in Kylecreen, County Clare

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What is recorded here

Situated in a low-lying position on a karst landscape. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Hachured and named ‘Moherlevaun’ on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 2000 this was found to be a subcircular enclosure (int. dims. 73m N-S; 70m NE-SW) of modern construction defined by an ivy-covered drystone wall (Wth 0.6m at NNE to 1m at N; H 1.4m at NW to 1.8m at NNE). At NW the wall is constructed of uncoursed stones with larger boulders at the bottom. There are modern entrances at NE and SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL011-010

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Roger Diel, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Robert Bone, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Banner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Paul Woods, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Dr Charles Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Dr Charles Nelson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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