Enclosure in Lisheenielagaun — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Fourteen years after Caillère first pointed it out, the 43-metre circle still tilts southward like a bowl waiting for rain. A roofless limekiln bites into its north-west edge, dumping white fire into ancient soil, while nettles choke the pit where men once dug. The land kept its shape through plough and forgetting, but no map ever learned its name.

In pasture, on gently elevated ground, with a gently slope to S, and very good views in all directions. This enclosure, possibly a rath, is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was levelled at an unknown date, but ephemeral remains are still visible at ground level. A roughly circular area (diam. 43m) defined by a barely discernible undulation/levelled scarp. The interior slopes down slightly from N to S and from centre to E, mirroring the slope of local terrain. A limekiln, of relatively recent date, is built into the NW edge of the enclosure. It consists of a U-shaped roofless sunken stone-faced structure (c. 4m N−S; c. 2.5m E−W; D c. 1m), opening to W onto an irregular-shaped depression (c. 8-10m across), which was dug out in the past and is now marked by a dense growth of nettles and thistles. Another enclosure (MA122-022----) is visible 230m to W and there is a rath (MA122-021----) 350m to NW. Notified to NMS by Jean-Charles Caillère. Attached image: MA122-051----_01.JPG viewed from S Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 December 2022

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