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The Dorsey Entrenchment is a large Iron Age linear earthwork enclosure located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. The monument comprises substantial banks and ditches that originally formed a defensive or territorial boundary, typical of later Iron Age settlement patterns in the island of Ireland. The scale of the earthwork indicates considerable labour investment and suggests a site of some importance, likely serving strategic or administrative functions during the Iron Age period. Such linear enclosures are characteristic of the later prehistoric landscape in Ulster and reflect the social and economic organisation of Iron Age communities in the region.
The dorsy entrenchment, the dorsey entrenchment. large earthwork enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6021. View the official record →
The Dorsey Entrenchment is a large Iron Age linear earthwork enclosure located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6021.
The dorsy entrenchment, the dorsey entrenchment. large earthwork enclosure dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The dorsy entrenchment, the dorsey entrenchment. large earthwork enclosure is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 6021.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The cloghfin, the white stone of watching, calliagh birras stone, cloghfin, calliagh berras stone. standing stone (0.7 km), The relig. graveyard enclosure (2.6 km), Mcpartland's forth. double ringed cashel & souterrain (3.5 km).
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