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Enclosure in Irishtown (skreen By., Kilmoon Par.)

Enclosure
Enclosure in Irishtown (skreen By., Kilmoon Par.)
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Enclosure in Irishtown (skreen By., Kilmoon Par.) is a hidden rectangular ditch on the west slope of Windmill Hill, entwined with the larger Irishtown henge rather than standing alone. The nesting suggests purposeful layout, perhaps a separate ceremonial or domestic area beside the main circle. People may have moved between the two features, marking boundaries or directing ritual attention on that gentle slope.
Located on the gentle W-facing slope of Windmill Hill. A magnetic gradiometer survey (17R0020) by J. M. Leigh (2017) identified two enclosures and a possible third entwined with the perimeter of the Irishtown henge. Two straight lengths of a possible ditch, are entwined with the signal for the ditch of the henge at the W edge of that feature enclosing a rectangular area (dims c. 30m). See the attached illustration adapted from Leigh (2017, fig. 3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 April 2022

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