King's Stables

King's Stables

The King's Stables is an archaeological site in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The earthwork known as the King’s Stables is a Scheduled Historic Monument in the townland of Tray, in Armagh City and District Council area, at grid ref: H8388 4546. [cite web | title=King's Stables | work=Environment and Heritage Service NI - Scheduled Historic Monuments | url=http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/scheduled_monuments1to31mar07.pdf | accessdate=2007-12-03]

Features

It consists of a boggy hollow, originally an artificial, flat-bottomed pool about 25 metres (82 ft) in diameter, partly surrounded by an earthen bank, about 300 metres (985 ft) north-east of Haughey's Fort. It dates to the late Bronze Age, ca. 1000 BC, contemporary with Haughey's Fort. Excavations in 1975 discovered clay moulds for bronze leaf-shaped swords, pottery, and items of worked bone and wood. Also found were 214 animal bones and a human skull.

Name

The name is probably related to a local tradition that the ancient kings of Ulster watered their horses and washed their chariots in the pool.The same name has been given to Milecastle 48 on Hadrian's Wall; in this case the layout of the walls is reminiscent of stables.

References

*Chris Lynn, "Navan Fort: Archaeology and Myth", Wordwell Books, 2003
*R. B. Warner, "The Navan Archaeological Complex: a Summary", "Ulidia", December Publications, 1994


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