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Enclosure in Ballymakellett

Enclosure
Enclosure in Ballymakellett
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No visible trace of the enclosure remained when Melanie McQuade and Richard Jack first identified it, but the felled forest exposed a circular chamber cut into the steep western slope. They measured a narrow western entrance, a stone retaining wall, and a floor small enough for one person to occupy without touching the opposite side. The chamber may have stored tools, sheltered a hermit, or marked a boundary for the neighbouring rath. In any case, it waited beneath living trees until axes opened the hill and the hidden room reappeared.
Situated on a steep W-facing slope c. 35m ENE of rath (LH004-096----). It was first identified and recorded by Melanie McQuade and Richard Jack in a felled forest. This is a circular area (int. diam. 4.8m N-S; 4.5m E-W) dug into the hill-slope with a stone facing (H c. 1.2m) retaining the slope and with an entrance (Wth 0.8m) at W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 December, 2016

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