Field boundary

The National Monuments Service's description

Listed in the RMP (1994) an classified as 'Enclosure'. Not marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6" map. Depicted a small wedge-shaped field on the 1914 edition of the OS 6-inch map. On a natural terrace of dry ground, in otherwise waterlogged pasture. Upon inspection in 2000 the visible remains comprised a roughly triangular area (28.5m WNW-ESE; c. 39m NNE-SSW) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.1.2m) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.4m) on the NNW and SW sides and by a linear field boundary (Wth 2m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.5m) with a substantial external drain, along the E side. There is a break (Wth c. 10m) at the NE end of the NNW side which allows cattle access to interior. Remnants of a counterscarp bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.3m) are evident outside the fosse on the SW side. The interior is raised c. 0.8m above the external ground level on the NNW and SW sides. The field boundary extends beyond the enclosure to SSW while at the NNE end it intersects with another field boundary. It was concluded that this is a natural terrace which has been transformed, probably in recent times, into a roughly triangular field. It is likely to be post-1700 AD in date.

Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC

Date of upload: 06 December 2011