What is recorded here

Apple trees still drop fruit into the broken ring at Carnowen, marking a boundary that human hands forgot long ago. The earth bank has thinned to a low scarp on the northwest side, while hedges consume the rest, hiding the entrance that once admitted residents or refugees. You can walk the circle in under a minute, but the forges and kitchens are gone, leaving only a grassy bowl where the land still remembers shape.

Situated on a NW-facing slope with a NE-SW stream c. 140m to the NW. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 29.5m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW) with apple trees defined by an earthen bank and a slight outer fosse E-WSW, but the bank is reduced to a scarp (at NW: Wth 1.4m; H 1.3m) and hedge elsewhere. The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 29 January 2018

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