Field boundary

The National Monuments Service's description

On a natural knoll in low-lying reclaimed bogland on the E shore of Lough Atalia. A possible enclosure (NNE-SSW c. 140m; WSW-ENE c. 123m), roughly subrectangular in plan, proved on inspection to be a field boundary which is visible NE through S to N and survives as a robbed-out wall (H 0.6m; Wth 0field .3-0.4m) from N to NE. The wall (H at W 0.8m) is composed of a combination of single large boulders (T c. 0.5m) and tumbled down sections of boulders two to three courses high; it is heavily overgrown with brambles and briars. Only one wall-face is evident and the wall appears to revet the knoll. The is no evidence of an entrance gap and the interior rises towards the centre and is subdivided by a number of field walls. A number of large freight containers were being stored in the NW section on inspection. A pathway leading from the roadway to the E runs through the site and access a modern slipway at NNW.
Cartographic evidence indicates that the area around the enclosing wall was subject to flooding and so it is likely that the wall simply delimits higher ground.

The following images have been uploaded:
GA094-117----_01.jpg View from W
GA094-117----_02.jpg View from SW
GA094-117----_03.jpg View from SE

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 12 July 2023