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Situated at the N wall of the Saint’s Graveyard (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra. A rectangular palisaded enclosure (c. 18m E-W) was found here during excavations on the island by de Paor in the 1970s (de Paor 2013, 39, 57). Only the smaller N sector was excavated as the S portion extends beneath the Saint’s graveyard and this was not excavated. A wooden shrine (CL029-009134-) was excavated in the E sector. Both it and the enclosure appeared to have been rebuilt several times and according to de Paor (ibid.) probably date from a very early stage in the monastic history of the island. Sixteen poorly preserved burials were found within the enclosure, twelve of which were aligned with the enclosure and wooden shrine.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 November 2015
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