What is recorded here

Ring-ditch in Faughanhill stands on Ocha, the traditional burial place of Niall of the Nine Hostages, overlooking a flat landscape in County Meath. Its circular trench overlaps a larger enclosure, suggesting repeated use rather than a single decisive act. People may have gathered there to mark loss, claim territory or simply watch the horizon, while the ditch held their shape against forgetting.

Situated on top of a prominent hill overlooking a fairly level landscape. The hill, known in Old Irish as Ocha, is the traditional burial place of Niall of the Nine Hostages (Morris 1926; Byrne 1973, 77). Geophysical survey was undertaken on the eastern part of the hill in 2013 by the Discovery Programme as part of the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project when a large number of features were recorded (Dowling 2015b, 17-20). Three circular features (diam. 10-12m) defined by fosses or palisade trenches can be identified. This ring-ditch is overlapping the perimeter of enclosure (ME024-022002-) and largely within the enclosure. (Dowling and Cahill Wilson 2014) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 January, 2016

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