Object description

It consists of an oval enclosure, 350 metres across at its widest point, surrounded by two concentric ditches. Inside the enclosure another ditch encloses an area 150 metres in diameter. Archaeological excavation shows that it was occupied in the late Bronze Age, ca. 1100 to 900 BC, after which it was abandoned, although some artifacts discovered were of Iron Age date, suggesting that it was later reoccupied. It was contemporary with the nearby artificial pool known as the King's Stables, but was abandoned before Navan Fort, 0.6 miles to the east, was occupied.