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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). There were some features within the W annexe of the rath. Chief amongst these was a cistern or water-hole that manifested as a deep, steep-sided, subcircular, flat-bottomed and partly rock-cut pit (dims 4.9m x 3.75m; D 1.87m) that was clay-lined at the bottom and had a step on its W side. A stone-lined channel (L 2.35m; Wth 0.9m; D 0.25m) extended W from the lip of the cistern and drained into it. The fills of the cistern were rich in clay and gravel with few impurities and some slump material. The cistern was re-cut once as a shallower funnel-shaped feature. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 218-221)
True location: ITM (695915, 752890)
See the attached images from McGlade (2020 vol. 1, P 208, 221, 219)
_1 Location:
_2 Plan;
_3 Plan and section;
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 May 2022
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