What is recorded here
Six perfect rings, each fifteen metres across, mark a slight hollow beneath the Headfort demesne. Spaced a hundred metres apart, they form a hidden chamber where human hands shaped the earth before memory faded. The soil still holds their circular breath, waiting for someone to notice the patience buried underneath the grass.
A group of six ring-ditches situated in a slight hollow on a fairly level landscape are placed c. 100m apart on land that was once part of the demesne of Headfort House. They are only visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. This cropmark of a perfectly circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) is defined by a continuous fosse. The complex was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached enhanced view (R) from Apple Maps
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 January 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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