What is recorded here

Ring-ditch in Nicholastown (ardee By.) is a small circular enclosure, roughly five metres across, marked by a continuous ditch beside a larger rath in County Louth. Anthony Murphy first reported the cropmark, preserving a faint human shape that ordinary walking might still overlook. The ditch may have bounded a hut, a shrine or a child’s playful circle, yet its clarity suggests somebody shaped that land with purpose.

Situated in a gently undulating landscape. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 5m) defined by a continuous ditch feature is visible on Google Earth (12/0-7/2013; 29/06/2018). It is located c. 15m E of rath (LH010-022001-), and was first reported by Anthony Murphy. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 November 2019

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