Enclosure in Bendinstown — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Bendinstown enclosure is a broken circular earthwork about forty metres across, marked on the 1839 survey and described by O'Donovan as a broken rath. Its remaining bank has been absorbed into a field boundary near Ardbearn, suggesting it served people long enough to shape the land before memory faded. It may have been a ringfort, a place of residence, defense or ritual, but the earth has kept its shape while the names and events have slipped away.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown as circular enclosure on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map and described by O'Donovan as a 'broken rath' (OSL 1839, 127) (est diam. c. 40m). Small portion of bank at NE incorporated in the field boundary with Ardbearn townland. Possibly a ringfort.

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