Enclosure in Donore — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Thirty years of ploughing and rain erased the ringfort in Donore, yet satellites still catch its shadow. The main circle measures fifty metres across, with a second fainter ring at seventy metres and a kidney-shaped annexe bulging east. A farmer bulldozed the visible stones and wall decades ago, believing he was clearing debris rather than destroying a home. The land forgot the shape of the settlement while the sky kept it safe.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular enclosure with annexe. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BDH 91-92, BDO 58) show broad, well-marked cropmark of fosse (est max. diam. c. 50m) with fainter and much narrower, external but concentric fosse (est max. diam. c. 70m), enclosing kidney-shaped annexe at E (est max. diam. if arc complete c 45m). No evidence for causeway. No visible surface traces. 'Circular ring of stones' and 'wall' reported as having been bulldozed c 20 years ago. Possibly a ringfort with annexe.

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