What is recorded here

Thirty metres of hidden circle beneath the Phoenix Park grass, maybe a garden room or maybe an ancient chamber waiting for rain to reveal its edges. The military fort nearby belongs to humans and pride; the quiet circle beside it belongs to patience and mystery. Both are still there, one loud and one faint, inviting curiosity instead of certainty.

Situated in the SE quadrant of the Phoenix Park, 60m N of artillery batteries associated with an 18th century bastioned fort (DU018-007019-) 310m to SE. The batteries and the Magazine Fort are depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. int. diam. 30m) visible on various Google Earth aerial photographs. The faint outline of this enclosure is visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery. A grove of trees are depicted at this location on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The cropmark may be the remains of a tree-ring or designed landscape feature of post-1700 date but this is uncertain. The circular cropmark appears to be located within the SE quadrant of a formal garden the cropmark of which is visible on Google Earth orthphoto taken 07/05/2017. See attached orthophotos taken from Google Earth Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Mulligan Date of upload: 22 May 2020

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