Enclosure in Dunmore West — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Thirty-eight metres of forgotten boundary still cuts the gravel hillock in Dunmore West, its semicircular edge sharpened by the break of slope rather than built stone. A separate concentric mark sits ninety metres north, as if two households had argued about how much sky they could own. The outer ditch curves east into a vanished field system, suggesting these were not ceremonial dreams but working land, divided and defended long before anyone wrote the argument down.

An aerial photograph (GB96.GA.27, 29 July 1996) shows a cropmark of a semicircular enclosure defined by a fosse and with a SE-facing entrance. The enclosure (diam. c. 38m NW-SE) is located on the W edge of a gravel hillock, the W edge of the enclosure being defined by the break of slope. An outer fosse runs concentrically to NE quadrant before curving towards the E and appears to be part of an associated curvilinear field system (KK014-147----) which extends to a max. of c. 80m to the NE, E and SE. A concentric enclosure (KK014-033----) is located c. 90m to the N, also overlooking the break in slope. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland Date of revised upload: 22 June 2020

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