Embanked enclosure
A circular or oval, domed or hollowed area enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank with a single entrance. The can range in diameter from 25m up to over 100m. These ceremonial enclosures can occur singly, in pairs or in a cluster of three and date to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age (c. 3200-1550 BC).
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ME01712 - IRISHTOWN - Embanked enclosure
Address: IRISHTOWN, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.5604 | -6.45903 -
ME03130 - DOWTH - Embanked enclosure
Address: DOWTH, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.6938 | -6.46232 -
ME01207 - NEWGRANGE - Embanked enclosure
Address: NEWGRANGE, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.6875 | -6.47525 -
ME03132 - RATHCARRAN - Embanked enclosure
Address: RATHCARRAN, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.6215 | -6.87115 -
ME01395 - RIVERSTOWN - Embanked enclosure
Address: RIVERSTOWN, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.5769 | -6.63973 -
ME03183 - BALRATH - Embanked enclosure
Address: BALRATH, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.6252 | -6.4759 -
ME01494 - BALRATH - Embanked enclosure
Address: BALRATH, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.6246 | -6.48566 -
ME03192 - DOWTH - Embanked enclosure
Address: DOWTH, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.7015 | -6.43738 -
ME00915 - STACKALLAN - Embanked enclosure
Address: STACKALLAN, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.7081 | -6.63334 -
ME01552 - HEATHTOWN - Embanked enclosure
Address: HEATHTOWN, Meath
Classification: Embanked enclosure
Coordinates: 53.6037 | -6.34651