Enclosure in Gorteen (dangan Ed) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Westropp called the barely traceable ring in Gorteen a small enclosure, yet time and perhaps human hands have reduced most of that circle to memory. What remains is a curvilinear drystone wall, low enough to step over but heavy enough to mark the edge of a forgotten interior. The beech woodland holds the shape steady while the missing parts withdraw into legend, inviting imagination to complete what measurement can no longer capture.

In beech woodland, in a generally level area, amongst a network of field walls. Recorded by Westropp (1914-16, 66) as a small enclosure which he labelled ‘H’ on his map ‘Gorteen Group of Forts’. He describes it as ‘a barely traceable ring’. Depicted on the 25-inch OS map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). A curvilinear drystone wall at this location (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.5m; Wth at top 1.3m; overall Wth 3.3m) forms an arc (C 20m) WSW-N-NNE and may be the remains of the monument noted by Westropp. The remainder of the possible enclosing elements appear to have been removed. The interior is slightly higher where the enclosing elements survive. A previously unrecorded hut site (CL035-169----) is located c. 18m to SE. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-117----_01.jpg From N. General view of interior. CL035-117----_02.jpg From E. Cross-sectional view of stone curvilinear wall. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 January 2018

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