...piles are beams, not round stems. The lowest bed within this enclosure is commonly a mass of fern, branches, and other vegetable matter, generally covered...usually found a quantity of clay, gravel, and stones. In almost every case a collection of flat stones was discovered near the centre of the enclosure, apparently...

...enclosures in some cases being larger and of oval shape. The surface within the enclosure was often covered over with a layer of round logs, cut into lengths of from four to six feet, over which was placed stones, clay or gravel. In the centre, and sometimes at other points within the enclosure,...

...so as to form a kind of screen or breastwork. The surface within the staked enclosure is sometimes covered over with a layer of round logs cut into lengths of from 4 to 6 feet. In one instance, at Cloneygonnell, parish of Kilmore, county Cavan, the wood within the...