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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Skeheenaranky

Ecclesiastical enclosure
Ecclesiastical enclosure in Skeheenaranky
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What is recorded here

In rolling pasture on a SE-facing slope. A D-shaped enclosure (diam. 50m NW-SE) with straight NE-SW side (L c. 80m). Monument quite overgrown with scrub around the edges and interior filled with nettles, thistles, ferns and brambles. Enclosed by stone wall (Wth.1.5m) which has largely collapsed and appears as a stoney bank (Wth. 2.0m; H. int. 0.58m; ext. 1.13m). Internal ground level drops by about 0.4m. The wall has a rubble core with stone facing. There is no evidence of an outer fosse. In the NW quadrant an external roadway now runs parallel to the bank - a ditch and bank were thrown up to delineate the roadway. The monument is known as "the Lios/Lis" by the landowner. According to Power (1908, 69) this field was called "field of the early church". No visible trace of this church (TS086-001002-). A neighbour referred to this monument as a burial ground (TS086-001003-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 November 2013
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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