Enclosure in Alexander Reid

During Phase 4 the rath became absorbed with the E and W annexes into a large subrectangular enclosure (int. dims c. 70m plus E-W; c. 40m N-S) where the principal activity might be represented by many of the eleven cereal-drying kilns (ME025-096007-) throughout the excavated area. The line of the fosse, although re-cut, remained the same at as that of the annexes at N and W but at S a new line parallel with the S side of the annexes but 5m outside it was cut. It was U-shaped and flat-bottomed but a return at E was not found as the ditch shallowed out on the slight rise to the E and it may have been connected with a wider field system. Towards the W end the new ditch truncated two kilns and the E ditch of the earlier phase of the smaller outer W annexe (ME025-096004-), although a ditch defining the E edge of the later W annexe debouches into it. (McGlade 2017, vol. 1, 28-30; 83-5) See the attached plans from McGalde 2017 (vol. 1, P 22, 29) _01 location; _02 enclosure; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 April, 2023 McGlade, S. 2017 Preliminary Excavation Report, Site D, Alexander Reid, Navan. Licence: 16E0449. Unpublished report, 2 vols Archaeology Plan