
What is recorded here
Ring-ditch in Saintdoolaghs is a hidden 20-metre circle east of St Doulagh's church, visible only when crops grow unevenly above damp soil. It has no wall, gate or marker, yet it still shapes the land beneath the fields. People may have drawn water, buried someone or simply followed older lines in that low ground. The ditch disappeared from sight but never stopped holding the shape of the place.
In low-lying terrain under tillage east of St Doulagh's church (DU015-009001-). An aerial photograph taken in 1971 (FSI 450/449) shows a cropmark of a ring feature (diam. c. 20m). Visible on Bing (viewed 25/01/2015). Not visible at ground level.
See attached image from Apple Maps aerial coverage showing cropmark of ring-ditch provided by Jean-Charles Caillère and Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Revised by Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 23 December 2022
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