What is recorded here

Cleen holds a square moated chamber where water still flows through cut leats, marking the boundary between human design and living land. The trench has softened into grass, yet the lines remain visible in the depth of the green. A chamber is not the same as a room, but the shape suggests that people once believed water could be taught to obey.

Located at the bottom of a SE-NW valley in reclaimed pasture with a N-S section of a stream immediately to the W. This is a grass-covered rectangular area (dims 22m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by a slight fosse or moat (Wth 3.5-4m) which is now visible as bands of lush vegetation. A leat from an old E-W stream bed that is just to the S leads into the moat at the SE angle and another leat from the NW angle leads to the extant stream. This is a possible moated site and rath (LE015-113----) is c. 30m to the S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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