What is recorded here

Lurgan Inner Enclosure is a flat, circular space roughly twenty-two metres across, hidden in the centre of a Donegal hillfort on a limestone ridge. Its boundary is so faint that grass and mossy tussocks must be read like a whisper rather than a wall. The enclosure joins a possible circular house on its east side, while a larger enclosure and cairn mark the ridge’s highest point just to the north. It may have been a dwelling, a ritual space, or a boundary for life on the ridge, but its shape still holds the centre of the hillfort.

In pasture, located roughly in the centre of a hillfort (DG103-072----) on the top of a N–S limestone ridge. This enclosure consists of a flat, circular area (22m N–S; 22m E–W) defined on the perimeter by a slight, grass-covered rise, marked by mossy tussocks and occasional stones. There is a break (Wth c. 6m) at N–NNE. The enclosure is barely discernible at ground level. It is located on a plateau which forms a spine of relatively level ground extending N–S through the centre of the hillfort. The enclosure is conjoined on its E side to a possible circular house (DG103-093----). There is a larger circular enclosure (DG103-072----) 13.5m to N, within which there is a cairn (DG103-029----) marking the highest point of the ridge. Attached image: DG103-092----_01.JPG Yellow arrows indicate outline of the enclosure, with the possible house (DG103-093----) indicated by a red arrow, viewed from NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 November 2015

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