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Ring-ditch in Headfort Demesne

Ring-ditch

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Six ring-ditches sit in a shallow hollow near Headfort House, spaced a hundred metres apart like forgotten beads on a string. Each measures twelve metres across with a possible western gap, yet they vanished from ordinary sight until a 2018 survey pulled them back into view. They may have marked burial, ritual or boundary for people whose names never reached us. The land keeps their shape even when memory does not.
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 is a circular feature (diam. c. 12m) defined by a single fosse feature that could have an entrance (Wth c. 3m) at W. The complex was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced aerial view (L) from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January 2020

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