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Enclosure in Newtown (killaloan Par.)

Enclosure

What is recorded here

On very gentle S-facing slope, off crest of low hill, with pond on W side. Hill has been quarried out on W side. In pasture. Large scale quarrying has taken place in field adjoining land to E. Monument idenified as a circular enclosure on aerial photograph (GSI S.788/9 May 1977). The enclosure has been partially levelled (diam. 30m NW-SE) and is visible as a low, broad bank (Wth 8.3m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.47m) and outer fosse visible in the N quadrant where it has been cut into the hill (Wth 3.4m; D 0.32m) and slight trace in E quadrant. The bank in the N quadrant is the best preserved, that in the E sector peters out to S while the bank in the W quadrant is not visible above ground. N bank slopes gradually to interior. Field boundary which ran NW-SE through the enclosure has been removed. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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