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Dorsey, County Armagh

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work was synthesised by Tempest (Tempest, 1930). Excavations at the South Gate, close to the current excavation, were carried out by Oliver Davies in 1938 (Davies, 1938). Davies also excavated at the north break in the Dorsey, and to the west of the ramparts around the watching stone in 1939 (Dorsey, 1940a). Excavations carried out by Chris Lynn in the 1977 provided dating evidence for the Dorsey. Felling dates of timbers from the southern part of the monument were dated by dendrochronology to 89±9 to 96±9 BC. (Lynn, 1992). Timbers from the northern section were dated by dendrochronology to felling dates of 135 ±9 to 150 ±9 BC (Baillie and Brown, 1989). It has been suggested that the Dorsey may not therefore be an enclosure but two lines of defence, the northern earlier and the southern one later (Lynn, 1989). (Above exert taken from Hurl
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in date. It is a group of linear earthworks with a perimeter of 4 km, enclosing an area of 300 acres (1.2 km).. There have been a number of archaeological investigations of the Dorsey. There were a number of surveys and descriptions carried out from the 17th to 19th centuries. Much of this
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pitch (Rory McGee Park) and a chapel. The chapel in Dorsey was built, in the 1950s, by local people. The site on which the chapel was built was donated by a local, Felix Mackin. Dorsey is part of the parish of Lower Creggan which incorporates Dorsey, Newtownhamilton and Cullyhanna.
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Na Doirse, the gateways, is an extensive earthwork which runs through the South Armagh area. The Dorsey Ramparts, or 'The Walls' as they are known locally, are said to have been a fortified frontier post to the kingdom whose capital was
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Dorsey does not have its own schools. Some local children attend primary school in Carrickrovaddy or
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Dorsey is one of the few monuments in the north of Ireland which have been confirmed as
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Lynn, C. J. (1989). "An interpretation of 'The Dorsey'".
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Dorsy
Dorsey (disambiguation)
54°08′49″N 6°31′12″W / 54.147°N 6.520°W / 54.147; -6.520
Irish
townland
Belleeks
Cullyhanna
County Armagh
Northern Ireland

Emain Macha
Black Pig's Dyke
Iron Age

Gaelic football
Dorsey Emmet's GFC
Gaelic Athletic Association
football
Belleeks, County Armagh
Crossmaglen
Bessbrook
"Dorsy, County Armagh"
the original
"Excavations at the Dorsey, Co. Armagh"
"St Oliver's – Dorsey"
"Excavations at the Dorsey, County Armagh, 1977"
ISSN
0082-7355
JSTOR
20568161

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