Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a SE-facing slope, with the round tower of Oran (RO034-080003-) c. 250m to the SSW. Geophysical survey (11R0074) of possible routes for a re-directed section of the N60 at Oran identified a number of possible enclosures defined by ditches (Gimson and Regan 2011). Archaeological testing (11E0247) disproved many of the anomalies, but a group of four features in Field 2 proved to be archaeological, and elements of the field system (RO034-081003-) may extend into the area. This enclosure (1) is a circular area (int. diam. c. 25m; ext. diam. c. 33m) defined by a penannular V-sectioned ditch (max. Wth 2.8m; max. D 1.1m), which was re-cut once and had slight hints of an internal bank. It has a SE-facing entrance (Wth 4m), and a section through one of the ditch-terminals produced coarse pottery of Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age character and animal bone that yielded a C14 date of 753-410 cal BC. Enclosure (RO034-112002-) is c. 55m to the E and enclosure (RO034-112003-) is c. 15m to the S. (O’Hara 2011, 5, 7, 22-3)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 3 December, 2014

References

O'Hara, R. 2011 N60 Oran (Carroweighter) Road Improvement Scheme. Stage (1) Test Excavation and Survey Services. Licence No. 11E0274. Unpublished report, Archer Heritage Planning

Gimson, H. and Regan, D. 2011 N60 Oran (Carroweighter) Realignment. Archaeological Consultancy Services Contract Stage (1) 1 Geophysical Survey. Licence No. 11R0074. Unpublished report, Earthsound Archaeological Geophysics