Translation: Port = Chieftain's residence
                     Ceanannus = circular earthen  fort or "dun" in which the king or chieftain resided

Photos from the Year 2000 Excavations carried out by Jenny Woodcock et al.

Description of site: Low circular mound above marshy ground, with evidence of habitation from the Early Christian Period, and earlier evidence of flint working.

***Please note this site is on private property***

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The high end of the trench.

The wall.

View from the marshy end of the trench.

Post hole ? at the top.

The Oak "plank" at the bottom of the slope.
(Which turned out to be "Iron Age")

The small "plank" above the stone above the narrow end (?) of the big plank.

Cutting a small section out of the big "plank" for analysis

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All photographs (c) David J Radcliffe 2000,2001
Page last updated January 13, 2001