Field system in Durrow Demesne — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Durrow Demesne holds a hidden farmstead south of the church, where geophysical surveys in 2000 and 2001 revealed a rectangular house with an internal hearth beside possible field boundaries. This small settlement stood outside the monastic enclosure, suggesting ordinary people lived and worked near the sacred centre rather than remaining distant strangers. The discovery transforms empty ground into a neighbourhood where prayer and daily labour shared the same soil.

Geophysical Survey carried out in 2000 and 2001 in the fields to the S of Durrow church (OF009-005013-) and graveyard (OF009-005009-) identified a possible rectangular shaped house with internal hearth that was associated with a possible field system (OF009-005026-) which may represent the remains of a small farmstead located outside the monastic enclosure (OF009-005003-) to the SE (O'Brien 2012, 121). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 29 April 2014

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