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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Drumcolumb

Ecclesiastical enclosure

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In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. Sections of field boundaries to the NW, E and SE of Drumcolumb church and graveyard (SL027-141001-; SL027-141002-) may be the remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. c. 350m E-W). They occur as a series of segments, rather than a single continuous field boundary. The…

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In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. Sections of field boundaries to the NW, E and SE of Drumcolumb church and graveyard (SL027-141001-; SL027-141002-) may be the remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. c. 350m E-W). They occur as a series of segments, rather than a single continuous field boundary. The field boundaries coincide NW-N with the base of the hill but NE-SE cut across the slope. The boundaries are vertical-sided earthen banks (Wth 2m; H 0.8m) scarped into the slope with accompanying drains (Wth 2m) on the upslope side. From NW-N the field boundary is topped with a hawthorn hedgerow. A segment of fence at the ESE has a noticeably more substantial external face (H 1.8m). The curving segment of the field boundary indicated to the SE of the church on the 1910-11 OS 6-inch map has been levelled but remains visible as a slight scarp. There is a small broken high cross (SL027-141003-) in the centre of the graveyard. A holy well (SL027-141004-) associated with St Columb, recorded near the church in 1836 (OSL, 254), remains unlocated.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL027-141

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