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While the large enclosure, rath and burial ground are preserved under introduced soil in a green area all the available external area was excavated (15E0125) under the direction of S. McGlade in 2018-19 (excavations.ie 2019:474). East of the large rath, in the triangular area available for excavation, two circular or penannular structures and one rectangular feature were recorded in a N-S line with a small enclosure just to the NE. The most southerly feature was rectangular (int. dims c. 10.7m E-W; c. 6.75m N-S) and defined by a gully (Wth c. 0.35m; D 0.15m to Wth c. 0.7m; D 0.4m) with an entrance gap (Wth 1.05m) at the centre of the N side. Its gully was re-cut as narrow slot-trenches in places but it had no postholes or internal features associated with it and almost half of it lies outside the excavated area. However, a small iron hand-bell of Scandinavian character that is likely to date to the ninth or tenth century was recovered from a slot-trench of this feature. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 72-4)
True location: ITM (696041, 752877)
See the attached images from McGlade (2009, P 75, 72)
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Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 May 2022
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