Drumree Road, Dunshaughlin

Area

21,078 m² (2.11 ha, 5.21 acres)

Buildings

78 buildings touch it, 5,048 m² on the ground

Zoning

R2 A1 - Existing Residential (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027) The objective
P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027) The objective

Townland

Roestown

Planning applications on this parcel

• 25 Feb 2025N/a

  the development will consist of demolition of existing detached flat roof Barbeque Structure and associated patio area and construction of a new single storey detached flat roof home office/Playroom structure in rear/side garden together with all ancillary site works & landscaping

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560176

• 18 Dec 2023Conditional

  The proposed development will consist of amendments to part of the residential scheme granted planning permission under register reference 21/2329 including (i) change of house design for terrace of houses on site no.’s 13 – 17, (ii) revised communal parking and turning bay arrangement to serve sites 13 – 17, (iii) revised boundary treatments including new 6m high ball-stop netting along entire shared boundary with Pitch and Putt Club to the East of the site and (iv) associated site works to facilitate proposed amendments.

  Permission, 5 homes · Meath County Council, 2360485

• 13 Dec 2021Conditional

  the demolition of existing house and garage and the construction of 14 no. 3 bed terraced dwellings and 3 no. 2 bed terraced dwellings. Provision of new service road and hammerhead through the new development to join with entrance point onto Drumree Road, all ancillary and associated site works including connection to existing site services, new internal site service roads, footpaths, associated landscaping and open space, including the provision of low walls and railings to the front, private garden, boundary walls to the rear and associated low walls and fences to open space areas to enclose same

  Permission, 17 homes · Meath County Council, 212329

• 16 Jan 2020Conditional

  amendments to a permitted residential scheme (Reg. Ref. DA120987, An Bord Pleanala Reg. Ref. PL17.241988}, overall comprising of a 142no. residential scheme, a creche and associated site services. The development comprises amendments to 57 no. 2 storey houses and alterations to the site development and landscape works. These amendments are ) house type changes to 21 no. dwellings, and b)the provision of a new cycleway through the site southwards from the Drumree Road and the consequential repositioning of 42. no dwellings required to accommodate that cycleway; together with associated site development and landscape works. The number of permitted dwellings remains unchanged. Permission for Retention and Completion is sought for House Type changes to permitted units located to the north of the Drumree Road, comprising of: - 6no. House Type A (4-Bed semi-detached) replaced with 6no. House Type B (3-bed semi-detached), 2no. House Type D1 (3-bed semi-detached) replaced with 2no. House Type D1 (3-bed terraced), 1 no. House Type D1 (3-bed detached) replaced with 1 no. House Type Dl (3-bed terraced), 1no. House type D1 (3-bed detached) replaced with 1no. House Type D7 (3-bed semi-detached),1 no. House type D3 (3-bed detached) replaced with 1 no. House Type D3 (3-bed semi-detached), 2no. House Type D1 (3-bed detached) replaced with 2no. House Type D1 (3-bed terraced), 1 no. House type D3 (3 bed detached with rear extension) replaced with 1 no. House Type D8 (3-bed terraced with bay window), 1no. House type D3 (3-bed detached with rear extension) replaced with 1no. House Type D8 (3-bed detached with bay window). All house types are 2 storey and rear extensions are 1 storey. Permission for Retention and Completion is also sought for layout amendments and House Type Changes to the south of the Drumree Road comprising of:- Addition of cycleway through the site along the internal road, known as 'Dun Rioga Avenue' to create a cycle route from Drumree Road to the south-west of the development site; provision of Part M ramp access to permitted House Nos. 79 -86; repositioning of 42 no. units (Units 91-114 and Units 143 -160), which includes the change of house type of 6no. House Type A (4-Bed semi-detached) replaced with 6no. House Type B (3-bed semi-detached); rearrangement of public open space along Drumree Road to form a new boundary wall and the provision of a cycle lane along Drumree Road; all ancillary site development and landscape works

  Permission, 21 homes · Meath County Council, RA200041

• 21 Jun 2019Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION DA120987 - 142 residential units in two residential character areas, a creche and associated site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA190815

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 10 recorded monuments.

• ME038-080 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated towards the top of a gentle S-facing slope. A magnetic gradiometer survey (09R0089) by D. Harrison identified numerous archaeological features in a field on the N side of the R125 leading W from Dunshaughlin and c. 1km from the centre of the village and the site of St Seachnall’s monastery (ME044-033002-). They include a large circular enclosure defined by two fosses separated by a berm, which are interpreted here as a rath inside a large enclosure. In addition there were at least two external enclosures and an enclosure inside the rath as well as a possible ring-ditch located c. 90m outside it to the NE. Targeted archaeological testing (09E0214) by J. Hession and C. Moriarty (2009) confirmed the presence of the large enclosure and rath, whose internal enclosure proves to be a burial ground. These features are now preserved in situ beneath introduced soil that has been landscaped into a wide outer bank and a raised platform over the burial ground within Dún Ríoga housing estate. From the gradiometer survey the central feature consists of a large rath (diam. c. 68m), the entrance to which is not recognized in the gradiometer survey, although it may be at S where there might be a break in the fosse. The large enclosure (dims c. 96m E-W; c. 84m N-S) also appears to have no visible entrance but the perimeter at S might be combined with that of the rath. There is a rectangular annexe (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) attached to the fosse of the large enclosure at N, and an elongated rectangular one (L c. 50m; Wth c. 15-30m) attached to the fosse of the rath/large enclosure at S, while elements of a rectangular field system could also be attached to the fosse of the rath in the same area. The small D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 38m E-W; c. 34m N-S) within the rath is defined by a ditch that appears to be attached to the fosse of the rath at NNE and that of the large enclosure at E. This proved to contain multiple burials testifying to its use as a burial ground. The inner and middle fosses revealed by the gradiometer survey were tested at NW where the outer fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.89m plus) was filled with brown silty clays that contained some small to medium-sized stones and occasional pieces of bone. Just 2.1m to its SE was a gully (Wth 1.18m), perhaps marking the inner edge of a bank, and a berm (Wth 13m) separated this from the middle fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.54m) that has four fills including a layer of stones. These features were also tested at NE where the outer fosse (Wth 6m) has a gully (Wth 0.7m; D 0.25m) c. 1m inside it. The berm (Wth 9m) separates this from the middle fosse (Wth 4m) which here also forms the boundary of the burial ground, and disarticulated human bone was on top of its fill (Hession and Moriarty 2009, 21). An excavation trench inside the middle fosse at S identified numerous post-holes, pits and a possible kiln (dims 2m x 0.7m) that was keyhole-shaped (ibid. 19). Four trenches sampled the small innermost enclosure and encountered supine inhumations oriented W-E with the heads at W even in the topsoil but concentrated at the W edge of the enclosure. The top of its defining ditch (Wth 2.6m) was exposed but not excavated here. A section across the perimeter at S encountered an inner gully (Wth 0.3m; D 0.25m) and the external enclosure ditch (Wth 3.5m; D 0.8m plus). A ditch (Wth 1.3m plus) leading away from the outer ditch to the S has two feeder gullies (Wth 1.3m; D 0.5m; Wth 0.5m; D 0.3m) from the E. The burial ground seems to have been defined by a wide outer ditch and a narrow inner gully, probably with an earthen bank between them, but an entrance is not identified either in the gradiometer survey or through excavation (ibid. 15-16). The N enclosure or annexe was defined by a ditch (Wth 4m) at W that was quite shallow (D 0.1m) at its outer edge but there was a deeper re-cut (Wth 1.3m; D 0.45m) on the inner side. There was a small amount of metal slag in its fill. Within the enclosure three E-W ditches were recognized, two of which (Wth 1.4m; 1.3m) were not excavated but the central one (Wth 3.3m; D 0.7m plus) produced a large quantity of charcoal and slag. The rath, together with the large enclosure and the burial ground, are preserved as a green area under introduced soil, but the available area outside it was subsequently completely excavated (15E0125) by S. McGlade (2020) from June 2018 to February 2019 (excavations.ie 2019:474) where the features are described for convenience as being in Readsland although they are on an extension of ground from Roestown townland, most of which lies to the W. Only a preliminary report has been prepared to date, with the result that radiocarbon dates and a scheme outlining the developmental phases of the monument is not yet available. This excavation included parts of the fosse of the large enclosure, often just its outer edge, which was sampled at various points. It has a complex stratigraphy with phases of silting, back-filling and re-cutting as well as complex interactions with the ditches of the annexes. Entrances are confirmed or strongly suspected at SW, NW, E and SE. A metalled surface (Wth 2.1m) with a line of kerbstones parallel with the sides of the ditch was laid over the silted ditch at NW with Path 5, a metalled surface (L 10.5m), approaching it externally from the W. An iron pin was retrieved from the surface of the path, and this entrance was retained for a considerable period. The large enclosure surrounds a subcircular area (dims c. 96m E-W; c. 84m N-S) that is not truly concentric with the rath as its fosse merged with that of the rath S-SW. Its fosse might not be the first attempt to enclose added space around the rath as it is possible that the curvilinear annexes at E, S, SW and W that are largely contemporary with each other may have had ditches extending to the fosse of the rath that survive in the unexcavated portion of the large enclosure. Therefore, it is possible that these were subsequently cut by the fosse of the large enclosure, while the rectilinear enclosures to the N and S appear to be later and to spring from the fosse of the large enclosure or from those of the curvilinear annexes. The burial ground, together with the large enclosure and the rath, are preserved in a green area beneath introduced soil that has been landscaped into a wide outer bank and a platform over the burial ground within Dún Ríoga housing estate. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 111-22) See the attached results of the gradiometer survey from Hession and Moriarty (2009, fig. 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2022

• ME038-080001 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Situated towards the top of a gentle S-facing slope. A magnetic gradiometer survey (09R0089) by D. Harrison identified numerous archaeological features in a field on the N side of the R125 leading W from Dunshaughlin and c. 1km from the centre of the village and the site of St Seachnall’s monastery (ME044-033002-). They include a large circular enclosure defined by two fosses separated by a berm, which are interpreted here as a rath inside a large enclosure. In addition there were at least two external enclosures and one internal enclosure as well as a possible ring-ditch located c. 90m outside the rath to the NE. Targeted archaeological testing (09E0214) by J. Hession and C. Moriarty (2009) confirmed the presence of the large enclosure and rath, whose internal enclosure proves to be a burial ground. These features are now preserved in situ beneath introduced soil that has been landscaped into a wide outer bank and a raised platform over the burial ground within Dún Ríoga housing estate. From the gradiometer survey the central feature consists of a large rath (diam. c. 68m), the entrance to which is not recognized in the gradiometer survey although it may be at S where there might be a break in the fosse. The large enclosure (dims c. 96m E-W; c. 84m N-S) also appears to have no visible entrance but the perimeter at S might be combined with that of the rath. There is a rectangular annexe (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) attached to the fosse of the large enclosure at N, and an elongated rectangular one (L c. 50m; Wth c. 15-30m) attached to the fosse of the rath/large enclosure at S, while elements of a rectangular field system could be attached to the same feature at S. The small D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 38m E-W; c. 34m N-S) within the rath is defined by a ditch that appears to be attached to the fosse of the rath at NNE and that of the large enclosure at E. This proved to contain multiple burials testifying to its use as a burial ground. The inner and middle fosses revealed by the gradiometer survey were tested at NW where the outer fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.89m plus) was filled with brown silty clays that contained some small to medium-sized stones and occasional pieces of bone. Just 2.1m to its SE was a gully (Wth 1.18m), perhaps marking the inner edge of a bank, and a berm (Wth 13m) separated this from the middle fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.54m) that has four fills including a layer of stones. These features were also tested at NE where the outer fosse (Wth 6m) has a gully (Wth 0.7m; D 0.25m) c. 1m inside it. The berm (Wth 9m) separates this from the middle fosse (Wth 4m) which here also forms the boundary of the burial ground, and disarticulated human bone was on top of its fill (Hession and Moriarty 2009, 21). An excavation trench inside the middle fosse at S identified numerous post-holes, pits and a possible kiln (dims 2m x 0.7m) that was keyhole-shaped (ibid. 19). The N enclosure or annexe was defined by a ditch (Wth 4m) at W that was quite shallow (D 0.1m) at its outer edge but there was a deeper re-cut (Wth 1.3m; D 0.45m) on the inner side. There was a small amount of metal slag in its fill. Within the enclosure three E-W ditches were recognized, two of which (Wth 1.4m; 1.3m) were not excavated but the central one (Wth 3.3m; D 0.7m plus) produced large amounts of charcoal and slag. The large enclosure, together with the rath and burial ground, are preserved as a green area under introduced soil, but the available area outside it was subsequently completely excavated (15E0125) by S. McGlade (2020) from June 2018 to February 2019 (excavations.ie 2019:474) where the features are described for convenience as being in Readsland although they are on an extension of ground from Roestown townland, which lies mainly to the W. Only a preliminary report has been prepared to date, with the result that radiocarbon dates and a scheme outlining the developmental phases of the monument is not yet available. This excavation included parts of the fosse of the large enclosure, often just its outer edge, which was sampled at various points. It has a complex stratigraphy with phases of silting, back-filling and re-cutting as well as complex interactions with the ditches of the annexes. Entrances are confirmed or strongly suspected at SW, NW, E and SE. A metalled surface (Wth 2.1m) with a line of kerbstones parallel with the sides of the ditch was laid over the silted ditch at NW with Path 5, a metalled surface (L 10.5m), approaching it externally from the W. An iron pin was retrieved from the surface of the path, and this entrance was retained for a considerable period. The large enclosure surrounds a subcircular area (dims c. 96m E-W; c. 84m N-S) that is not truly concentric with the rath as its fosse merged with that of the rath S-SW. Its fosse might not be the first attempt to enclose added space around the rath as it is possible that the curvilinear annexes at E, S, SW and W that are largely contemporary with each other may have had ditches extending to the fosse of the rath that survive in the unexcavated portion. Therefore, it is possible that these were subsequently cut by the fosse of the large enclosure, while the rectilinear enclosures to the N and S appear to be later and to spring from the fosse of the large enclosure or from those of the curvilinear annexes. The large enclosure, together with the burial ground and the rath, are preserved in a green area beneath introduced soil that has been landscaped into a wide outer bank and a platform over the burial ground within Dún Ríoga housing estate. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 111-22) See the attached results of the gradiometer survey from Hession and Moriarty (2009, fig. 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2022

• ME038-080002 Burial ground
  Description

  Situated towards the top of a gentle S-facings slope. A magnetic gradiometer survey (09R0089) by D. Harrison identified numerous archaeological features in a field on the N side of the R125 leading W from Dunshaughlin and c. 1km from the centre of the village and the site of St Seachnall’s monastery (ME044-033002-). They include a large circular enclosure defined by two fosses separated by a berm, which are interpreted here as a rath inside a large enclosure. In addition there were at least two external enclosures and one internal enclosure as well as a possible ring-ditch located c. 90m outside the rath to the NE. Targeted archaeological testing (09E0214) by J. Hession and C. Moriarty (2009) confirmed the presence of the large enclosure and rath, whose internal enclosure proves to be a burial ground. These features are now preserved in situ beneath introduced soil that has been landscaped into a wide outer bank and a raised platform over the burial ground within Dún Ríoga housing estate. From the gradiometer survey the central feature consists of a large rath (diam. c. 68m), the entrance to which is not recognized in the gradiometer survey although it may be at S where there might be a break in the fosse. The large enclosure (dims c. 96m E-W; c. 84m N-S) also appears to have no visible entrance but the perimeter at S might combine with that of the rath. The small D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 38m E-W; c. 34m N-S) within the rath is defined by a ditch that appears to be attached to the fosse of the rath at NNE and that of the large enclosure at E. This proved to contain multiple burials testifying to its use as a burial ground. Four trenches sampled the small innermost enclosure and encountered burials even in the topsoil. The supine inhumations were oriented W-E with the heads at W but were concentrated at the W edge of the inner enclosure. The top of its defining ditch (Wth 2.6m) was exposed but not excavated here. A section across the perimeter at S encountered an inner gully (Wth 0.3m; D 0.25m) and the external enclosure ditch (Wth 3.5m; D 0.8m plus). A ditch (Wth 1.3m plus) leading away from the outer ditch to the S has two feeder gullies (Wth 1.3m; D 0.5m; Wth 0.5m; D 0.3m) approaching from the E. The burial ground seems to have been defined by a wide outer ditch and narrow inner gully, probably with an earthen bank between them, but an entrance is not identified either in the gradiometer survey or through excavation. The burial ground, together with the rath and the large enclosures, are preserved in a green area beneath introduced soil that has now been landscaped into a wide outer bank and a platform over the burial ground within Dún Rioga housing estate. (Hession and Moriarty 2010, 15-16) See the results of the gradiometer survey from Hession and Moriarty (2009, fig. 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2022

• ME038-080003 Structure
  Description

  While the large enclosure, rath and burial ground are preserved under introduced soil in a green area all the available external area was excavated (15E0125) under the direction of S. McGlade in 2018-19 (excavations.ie 2019:474). East of the large rath, in the triangular area available for excavation, two circular or penannular structures and one rectangular feature were recorded in a N-S line with a small enclosure just to the NE. The most northerly structure (2) was D-shaped (int. dims c. 4.5m E-W; c. 2.8m N-S), open to the S, and defined by a fairly flat-bottomed slot-trench (Wth c. 0.3m) or drip-gully with two fills at most. There are no postholes or internal features associated with it but it is c. 3m N of Structure 3 with which it might have been conjoined but the ground between them was truncated by a wide ditch. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 67-9) See the attached illustrations from McGlade (2020 vol. 1, P 75, 76) _1 Location; _2 plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2022

• ME038-080004 Structure
  Description

  While the large enclosure, rath and burial ground are preserved under introduced soil in a green area all the available external area was excavated (15E0125) under the direction of S. McGlade in 2018-19 (excavations.ie 2019:474). East of the large rath, in the triangular area available for excavation, two circular or penannular structures and one rectangular feature were recorded in a N-S line with a small enclosure just to the NE. Structure 3, at the centre of the line, was circular (int. diam. c. 7.25m) and defined by a slot-trench (Wth c. 0.3-0.5m) with an entrance gap (Wth 1.05m) at SW. The slot-trench only survives SW-W as it is removed by later features elsewhere but a central post-hole with packing stones enables the diameter to be gauged. There are four postholes in the base of the surviving slot-trench and it was probably a roofed structure. Its perimeter at S is cut by the N edge of the rectangular Structure 4. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 69-72) True location: ITM (696043, 752885) See the attached illustrations from McGlade (2020 vol. 1, P 75, 70) _1 Location; _2 Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2022

• ME038-080005 Structure
  Description

  While the large enclosure, rath and burial ground are preserved under introduced soil in a green area all the available external area was excavated (15E0125) under the direction of S. McGlade in 2018-19 (excavations.ie 2019:474). East of the large rath, in the triangular area available for excavation, two circular or penannular structures and one rectangular feature were recorded in a N-S line with a small enclosure just to the NE. The most southerly feature was rectangular (int. dims c. 10.7m E-W; c. 6.75m N-S) and defined by a gully (Wth c. 0.35m; D 0.15m to Wth c. 0.7m; D 0.4m) with an entrance gap (Wth 1.05m) at the centre of the N side. Its gully was re-cut as narrow slot-trenches in places but it had no postholes or internal features associated with it and almost half of it lies outside the excavated area. However, a small iron hand-bell of Scandinavian character that is likely to date to the ninth or tenth century was recovered from a slot-trench of this feature. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 72-4) True location: ITM (696041, 752877) See the attached images from McGlade (2009, P 75, 72) _1 Location: _2 Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2022

• ME038-080006 Enclosure
  Description

  While the large enclosure, rath and burial ground are preserved under introduced soil in a green area all the available external area was excavated (15E0125) under the direction of S. McGlade in 2018-19 (excavations.ie 2019:474). East of the large rath, in the triangular area available for excavation, two circular or penannular structures and one rectangular feature were recorded in a N-S line with a small enclosure just to the NE. Structure 6 was a large subcircular area (diam. c. 22m) defined by a narrow curvilinear slot-trench (Wth c. 0.35m; D c. 0.2m), but it only survived SW-W-NE and petered out elsewhere where the subsoil over the bedrock did not survive. There were no postholes in the slot-trench which may have held wooden or wicker hurdles but there was a deep posthole (D c. 0.4m) with a flared opening in the interior which had a lightly metalled surface (dims 12m x 5.75m) around it from which post-medieval material was recovered. It is thought that the enclosure may have functioned as a paddock with one tethering post. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 74-77) See the attached illustration from McGlade (2020, P 75) True location: ITM (696066, 752895) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2022

• ME038-080007 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  While the large enclosure, rath and burial ground are preserved under introduced soil in a green area all the available external area was excavated (15E0125) under the direction of S. McGlade in 2018-19 (excavations.ie 2019:474). A number of paths, noted as metaled surfaces, relate to the circular rath and its associated enclosures. Many were short and provided access across individual silted ditches, but two of the longest are NE of the rath and are directly connected with its use, its N annex and the kilns in this area. The longest path (1) approached from the NNE (L 120m plus), slipped between two of the kilns just E of the N annexe and developed into a paving (dims c. 16m N-S; c. 9m E-W) in the angle between the annexe and the fosse of the large enclosure to the SE. From this point the path followed the fosse around to the E and off the excavated area. Spurs led from it over the re-cut of a defining ditch into the N annexe and over the fosse of the large enclosure at E into the interior, although the precise relationship of this spur with the long path is not known as the spur seems to connect the burial ground with the external structures. This long path was truncated by the latest iteration of the large WNW-ESE boundary ditch just outside the N edge of the N annexe but it must have bridged earlier versions as this ditch was present throughout the existence of the N annexe. The path was well established with a gully added to its W side at the N end. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 90-94) Path 3 ran N-S (L c. 25m) just W of the NE focus of the cereal-drying kilns and had a drain beneath its surface that did not extend to its S end but did continue outside the excavation to the N. At its S end the path turned W (L c. 50m) along the silted WNW-ESE boundary ditch to the NE corner of the N annexe where it ran over its silted ditch into the interior. This section of the path was cut by later re-cuts of the boundary ditch but it overlies Kiln 7 and it is later than the long Path 1. Path 6, at the W side of the large enclosure, was set into the subsoil in two sections (total L 10m plus; Wth 2.2m) but it was truncated by the ditch of the SW annexe and the last phase of the W annexe ditch. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 94-95, 217-8) See the attached illustration from McGlade (2920, P 90) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2022

• ME038-080012 Enclosure
  Description

  While the large enclosure, rath and burial ground are preserved under introduced soil in a green area all the available external area was excavated (15E0125) under the direction of S. McGlade in 2018-19 (excavations.ie 2019: 474). A small D-shaped enclosure (max. dims c. 34m N-S; c. 17m E-W) was attached to the large enclosure at E, and there were two kilns (1, 2) inside it. It was defined by a wide ditch (Wth 1.6m; D 0.88, at N to max. Wth 3.3m; D 1.56m) that was re-cut twice at the S end. Initial silting of the ditch was followed by darker material with animal bones and a lighter top fill also with animal bones. At N the ditch returned towards the large enclosure just S of an entrance associated with Path 2, and the final reiteration of the large enclosure ditch cut the ditch of the E annexe. The ditch of the E annexe also cut the ditch of the curvilinear S annexe. Its defining ditch was also cut by a re-cut of the outer ditch of the large enclosure. It had many fills with silts at the top and bottom but lenses of ash and burnt clay could be rake-out from Kiln 2 within the enclosure and bank material might also be present. A parallel, flat-bottomed slot-trench (max. Wth c. 1m; max. Dc. 0.7m) c. 5m inside the N-S section of the ditch may have supported a palisade on the inner side of such a bank. It had a parallel N-S path (4) just to the E which would have been under the putative bank. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 101-110) See the attached images from McGlade (2020 vol. 1, p 208, 101) _1 Location: _2 plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2022

• ME038-080016 Enclosure
  Description

  While the large enclosure, rath and burial ground are preserved under introduced soil in a green area all the available external area was excavated (15E0125) under the direction of S. McGlade in 2018-19 (excavations.ie 2019:474). Three ditches form an annexe attached to the S of the fosse of the rath or the large enclosure. The first two are closely parallel and enclose a subrectangular space (dims c. 60m E-W; c. 10m N-S at W to c. 25m N-S at E), although all features could only be excavated at their E and W extremities. The original ditch (Wth 1.4m; D 0.28m) was cut by a ditch (Wth 1.04m; D 0.81m) on the same line that had a stone lining on its N side and extended slightly further to the W than the original ditch. While the original ditch was cut by the outer ditch of the SW annexe, the second iteration of this feature was not, which suggests that there was a time lapse between these ditches of the S annexe although they follow a similar line. The fill of the second ditch included a complete cow skull and this ditch was re-cut once. At the W end the ditch was V-shaped and rock-cut with a stone lining at the base that may be the fracturing of the bedrock but it petered out at the W end. The ditch runs through the area of the S rectangular annexe but its relationship with that enclosure could not be established. However, it stopped 2.5m short of the SW annexe, leaving an entrance gap and intimating that these enclosures are contemporary. At the other end of the enclosed area the second of these ditches was cut by the ditch of the E annexe. In the final phase the annexe was enlarged considerably at the W end by placing a third ditch c. 8-10m outside the second at the W end, but the E end of this ditch is thought to return to the fosse of the outer enclosure at the same point as the two earlier versions. Another substantial ditch (Wth 2.28m; D 0.9m) that departs from the fosse of the large enclosure at E and swings S could have connected with the third ditch and extended the E end of the enclosure further N but this junction was outside the excavated area. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 243-252) See the attached image from McGlade (2020 vol. 1, p 208) Compiled by: Micahel Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2020

Architectural heritage

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