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Enclosure in Drumnigh

Enclosure

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Twenty-five metres across on a low ridge in County Dublin, the enclosure still holds the ghost shapes of pits and postholes beneath the soil. It sits twenty-seven metres from a neighbouring ring, suggesting two households or one divided life rather than a lonely marker. The road realignment nearly erased the memory, but the ground refused to forget its occupants.
An enclosure was identified by geophysical survey (Licence no. 07R0230 ext.) undertaken in advance of a road realignment scheme. The circular enclosure (25m diam.) is located 27m N of another enclosure DU015-118--- on the S-facing slope of a low E – W ridge. Internal responses indicative of pits and postholes have been identified suggesting an area of occupation or settlement (Harrison 2008, 8). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 6 February 2015

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