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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Tully (castlereagh By.)

Ecclesiastical enclosure

What is recorded here

On a S-facing slope of a shelf overlooking a bog to the SE. A rectangular platform (RO021-022008-) which may be rock-outcrop is at the apex of a D-shaped enclosure (dims 48m NW-SE; 33m NE-SW) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 7.7m; Wth of base 3.5m; int. D 0.6m; ext. D 0.4m) SE-S, which merges into a scarp (H 0.3m) S-SW. The enclosure is cut by a NW-SE road at E and the NE-SW Bellanagare to Castlerea road at N and does not survive beyond these features (original diam. c. 80-100m). There is a tradition of its use as a children’s burial ground (RO021-022009-) and as a graveyard (RO021-022010-) (Knox 1902c, 188-9), but there is no evidence of burial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 3 July 2015

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