Enclosure, Lack, Co. Clare

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Enclosure, Lack, Co. Clare

In the townland of Lack in County Clare, there sits an enclosure that has been formally recorded as an archaeological monument yet remains, for now, almost entirely undescribed in the public record.

The category alone, an enclosure, tells us something: these are among the most common archaeological features in the Irish landscape, typically circular or oval boundaries defined by earthen banks, ditches, or stone walls, and ranging in date from the Bronze Age through to the early medieval period. They served many purposes, from the enclosure of a farmstead or settlement to uses that were ritual or defensive in nature. What makes this particular example quietly interesting is precisely the absence of detail surrounding it. It has a name, a location, a classification, and almost nothing else available to the curious reader.

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