What is recorded here

Rathlumber’s enclosure appears only when aerial light strikes dry soil, revealing a square shadow beside the ringfort while human eyes see nothing but open field. The land keeps a secret shape that rain and heat translate into visible lines, suggesting people once drew a boundary now forgotten by every footpath. What the earth remembers, the sky admits.

Aerial photo (N 453/454) shows cropmark almost squared shaped. No surface traces. Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 453/4) shows cropmark of square enclosure to SE of nearby ringfort (OF011-028----). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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