On the northern summit of Spinans Hill in Co. Wicklow, Ireland, a large univallate enclosure over 11ha in size is one of nine large enclosures surrounding the town of Baltinglass and was recently dated to the Early Neolithic (O’Brien and O’Driscoll 2017). This is the largest Early Neolithic enclosure discovered in Ireland. Excavation identified the enclosure on the northern side consists of a collapsed stone bank (though on the easterns side of the enclosure, there appears to be an external ditch and counterscarp bank). There are at least seven robbed out cairns within the interior, though no obvious sign of habitation. Surrounding this enclosure, as well as the nearby Brusselstown RIng, is a massive earthwork enclosing an area of approximately 131ha with a perimeter of over 5km. The earthwork consists of an inner bank-external ditch-counterscarp bank arrangment and is at present undated. For further information, see https://aberdeen.academia.edu/JamesODriscoll
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