Enclosure in Ardglass (orrery and Kilmore By., Shandrum Par.)

In tillage, on E-facing slope of hillock. Depicted as roughly circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map, hachured NNE->SSW and incorporated into field system elsewhere; indicated as oval field on 1905 OS 6-inch map; as hachured oval enclosure (c. 65m ENE-WSW; c. 55m NNW-SSE) on 1936 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, levelled c. 1981. Cropmark of fosse of oval enclosure visible in aerial photograph (CASAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009