Enclosure, Dromore, Co. Waterford

At Dromore in County Waterford, what is recorded as an enclosure turns out to be something rather more specific: the boundary perimeter of a burial ground. The distinction matters. Enclosures in Irish archaeology cover a broad range of features, from the earthen banks surrounding early medieval settlements to the walls enclosing church sites and their associated graveyards. Here, the enclosure is not a site in its own right so much as the outline that defines and contains another, the burial ground it wraps around.