Enclosures of this kind are among the most common archaeological features in Ireland, ranging from the circular ringforts of the early medieval period to later field boundaries of uncertain date, yet individual examples are frequently overlooked, their precise character and history unexamined by any published account. This one falls into that quiet category of places that are known to exist without much being publicly said about them.

Clahane is a small townland in Kerry, a county whose uplands and coastal margins are dense with prehistoric and early historic remains. An enclosure, in the archaeological sense, typically refers to an area of ground defined by a bank, fosse, wall, or ditch, sometimes all four in combination, and built for any number of purposes: settlement, agriculture, ritual, or the enclosure of livestock. Without further detail, it is difficult to say more about what this particular example looked like, when it was constructed, or who built it. It remains a named feature on the record, waiting for fuller documentation.