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Enclosure in Raheennagun

Enclosure
Enclosure in Raheennagun
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No visible trace remains on the land, but the soil still holds the shape of a small round enclosure, perhaps thirty-five metres across, with a ditch and an opening toward the southeast. A ringfort stands a hundred metres west, and a spring once marked the edge of the field, suggesting this was a lived-in place rather than a forgotten shape. What is missing is not the same as never having existed.
A spring is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map immediately SSW of the enclosure, in tillage. Identified on an aerial photograph (GB90.CH.03, 16 July 1990) shows a cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a fosse and with an entrance facing SE. There is a ringfort (KK019-006----) c. 110m to the W. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 21 October 2020

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