Enclosures of this kind, a broad category in Irish archaeology, typically refer to a defined area bounded by an earthen bank, a stone wall, or a ditch, and they turn up across the Irish landscape in considerable variety. Some were domestic, forming the enclosed farmsteads known as raths or ringforts that were common from the early medieval period onwards. Others served agricultural, ceremonial, or defensive purposes. Without more detailed documentation for this particular site, the enclosure at Curheen occupies a quietly ambiguous corner of the record, present and recognised, but not yet fully narrated.