Ringfort - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

This site was excavated prior to development of a housing estate (Licence no. 05E0848). The defended farmstead consisted of several elements, the primary D-shaped enclosure (35m diam.) of which was defined by a large ditch (2.5m wide x c. 1m deep). The main entrance of the enclosure was to the S and post-hole supports for a large timber bridge were found here. Internally two oval structures (DU008-103002-; DU008-103003-) were defined by postholes (6-11m diam.). Immediately E of the main enclosure was a sub-square enclosure (DU008-10304-). A third enclosure (DU008-103005-) was located to the N of the farmstead, NE of which was a kiln (DU008—06). Several phases of use were indicated by charcoal samples, the earliest of which was dated to 596-672 AD and the latest to 770-885 AD (Giacometti 2011).

Compiled by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 5 February 2015

References

Giacometti, A. 2011 Reconstructing the human landscape before, during and after the lifespan of a ringfort at Lusk. In Corlett, C. and Potterton, M. (eds.) Settlement in early medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations, 157-68. Wordwell Ltd. Bray.