What is recorded here

Enclosure in Durrow Demesne is a sub-circular enclosure with a double ditch, possible southern entrance gap, and internal divisions on a low hillock near Durrow Abbey House and Durrow church in County Offaly. A sub-square feature in the east quadrant may mark a structure, while the surrounding ditches suggest a lived or worked space rather than an empty circle. People may have moved through the southern gap, tended the inside, or marked the boundary between domestic life and the wider demesne.

Situated on a low natural hillock 195m N of Durrow Abbey House (OF009-005002-) and 300m NW of Durrow church (OF009-005013-) and graveyard (OF009-005009-). Curving arc on E side of possible enclosure shows up as a partial cropmark on GSI aerial photograph (GSIAP N. 535/6) taken in 1973 (SMR File). Geophysical survey carried out in 2006 confirmed the identification of a large sub-circular shaped enclosure (diam. c. 110m E-W; 100m N-S) defined by a double ditch with possible entrance gap to S (King 2012, 128). A sub-square shaped feature in the E quadrant of the enclosure suggests the presence of possible structure, while other internal ditches suggest the possibility of divisions within the enclosure. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 29 April 2014

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