Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In Area B Enclosure 14 consisted of a complex of ditches that formed a rectangular annexe (dims 25m E-W; 18m N-S) abutting the S side of Enclosure 1 and the W side of Enclosure 12 during Phase 2 around the middle of the seventh century. It is not known if it was contemporary with the original establishment of Enclosure 12, or the re-cut of its fosses. The development of the enclosure itself is complicated by the numerous re-cuts of its own ditches. No internal features can be associated with it, but cross-cutting plough marks suggest its use for agriculture at some point. A small quantity of animal bone was recovered from the ditches, together with small amounts of charred oats and wheat. Finds from the ditches include a copper-alloy mount in the form of a cross within a ring. The terminals and the crux are rectangular. (O’Hara 20090, 21; 2009a)

True location: ITM (695687, 753773)

See the attached images from O'Hara (2009, figs 7, 45, pl. 2)
_2 Site plan;
_4 Phase 2;
_7 Aerial view;

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 26 April, 2022

O’Hara, R. 2009 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 2 Dunshaughlin - Navan. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Roestown 2, Co. Meath. Licence: E003055. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

O’Hara, R. 2009a Early Medieval Settlement at Roestown 2. In Deevy, M. and Donald Murphy 2009 Places Along the Way, 57-82. NRA Scheme Monographs: 5.