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Enclosure in Gilbertstown

Enclosure
Enclosure in Gilbertstown
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Clear curvilinear marks emerge in aerial photographs, revealing a hidden enclosure just south of the Gilbertstown graveyard. The boundary is not a wall but a shadow in the soil, drawn by a buried fosse that still holds its shape beneath the fields. The graveyard sits above the marker like a lid on a box, inviting speculation about what lived or died within the circle before the graves closed the story.
Aerial photographs (GB91.EK.26 and EK.30) show cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse, located due south of graveyard (SMR: CW013-023003-). Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 15 April 2011

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