What is recorded here

Ring-ditch in Cappakeel is a small prehistoric hole in County Laois, measured at 3.5m across and hidden beneath a medieval ditch. It has no entrance, which suggests exclusion rather than invitation. The motorway nearly erased it before measurement, but the ditch still marks the boundary between human time and ground time.

New monument uncovered during excavation by Ros O Maolduin under licence number 03E0633 in advance of the M7 Heath-Mayfield motorway scheme. The excavation at site F at Cappakeel townland revealed a prehistoric ring-ditch, a linear ditch (LA009-051) of medieval date and a series of charcoal production pits (LA009-052). The ring-ditch was relatively small, with an internal diameter of 3.5m. It showed no evidence of any entrance but was disturbed on the NW side by a linear medieval ditch (Bennett 2006, 289). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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