What is recorded here

Emhain Mhacha, the large circular enclosure near Armagh, holds a mound born from ritual destruction. People filled a huge timber hall with stones, burnt it, and buried the wreckage, turning a building into a sacred landmark for the Ulaidh. The name suggests Macha’s twins or brooch, linking the hilltop to a goddess and giving the place a charge of mystery that ordinary archaeology cannot finish.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as LARGE CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE, MOUND etc: NAVAN FORT; EMHAIN MHACHA; EMANIA; AN EAMHAIN. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; IRON AGE; BRONZE AGE. Recorded protection: State Care. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Navan Fort, also known as Eamhain Mhacha, is a large circular earthen enclosure and one of the most important early-medieval and prehistoric ceremonial sites in Ireland. It is associated with the Ulaid kings and features in Irish mythology, including the *Táin Bó Cúailnge*, and is traditionally linked to the goddess Macha.

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