What is recorded here

Enclosure in Rathroe (duhallow By.) is a hidden circular bank in County Cork, visible only when aerial photography captures its shadow in pasture. The ground itself may have forgotten the shape, yet the soil still holds the memory of a boundary drawn long before modern roads or fences. A person could have walked that edge in rain, marked ownership, or simply belonged to the land without needing a wall to prove it.

In pasture, on gentle SW-facing slope. Cropmark of bank of roughly circular enclosure (of ringfort dimensions), visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, W394-5, July 1975). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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