Knockadoon Kerbed Enclosure LI032-022020-

National Monument No. 247. On south-facing slope of Knockadoon overlooking Lough Gur, Co. Limerick, in an area rich with prehistoric monuments. Prehistoric enclosure (SMR No. LI032-022020-) with standing stone (LI032-022021-) in south-east quadrant. Prehistoric habitation site, consisting of a circular shaped area delimited by a substantial double-kerbed wall retaining a rubble and earth bank. Monument was partially excavated by Professor S. P. Ó Ríordáin, the portions examined were centred around the standing stone. Surrounding this stone was a rude circle of small boulders inside which were found the bones of an infant whose age was from 6 to 8 years. Some distance to the west and inside a similar circle, a cist was found. In this were adult and infant bones. The prehistoric site is on private land and there is no access to the monument without the landowner's permission. For more detailed description of the house site, visit: https://maps.archaeology.ie/HistoricEnvironment/?SMRS=LI032-022020-Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab