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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Eanach Dhúin

Ecclesiastical enclosure
Ecclesiastical enclosure in Eanach Dhúin
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Text excavation under Ministerial Consent (No. C627/Excavation No. 4557) in the field immediately to the N of the existing graveyard (GA069-001006-) at Annaghdown revealed a section of what appears to be the fosse of the ecclesiastical enclosure (Wth 4.2m; D 1.55-1.8m) associated with the monastic complex. The fill of the fosse, which was orientated ENE-WSW, contained a large amount of animal bone, one human bone, some charcoal and pieces of iron slag, and a fragment of the upper stone of a rotary quern with a cross decoration. The animal bone has been radiocarbon dated to the 11th/12th century AD (Crumlish 2017, 216-32). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 1 August 2018
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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