A circular enclosure is the name given to a large prehistoric earthwork. Usually a circular or oval-shaped flat area that is enclosed and delimited by a boundary earthwork - usually a ditch with an external bank.
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enclosure — Pā. Enclosure for animals, pā holoholona. ♦ Canoe enclosure, pā wa a. ♦ Circular enclosure, as about a fishpond, pā puni. ♦ Taboo enclosure, pālama, paehumu … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Circular ditches — Reconstruction of circular ditches at Heldenberg, Lower Austria About 150 arrangements of prehistoric circular ditches are known to archaeologists spread over Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Their diameters range from ca. 20… … Wikipedia
enclosure — [n1] area bounded by something asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp, cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad,… … New thesaurus
enclosure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of enclosing Nouns 1. enclosure, containment, circumscription, confinement, imprisonment (see prison); blockade, siege; quarantine. 2. envelope, case, cartridge, receptacle, wrapper, covering,… … English dictionary for students
Loudspeaker enclosure — A loudspeaker enclosure is a cabinet designed to transmit sound to the listener via mounted loudspeaker drive units. The major role of the enclosure is to prevent the out of phase sound waves from the rear of the speaker from combining with the… … Wikipedia
Rondel enclosure — A rondel or roundel enclosure is a type of circular prehistoric earthworks enclosure found in Europe. Since being discovered in the 19th century, three types have been distinguished. One type consists of two semicircular ditches forming a circle… … Wikipedia
Henge enclosure — A henge enclosure is the name given by archaeologists to a British prehistoric monument type of late Neolithic date.They consist of a large, circular or oval area of ground, measuring from 17m. to over 300m in diameter, enclosed by an earthwork… … Wikipedia
Celtic circular wall of Otzenhausen — The Celtic ring fortress is one of the biggest fortifications, the Celts had constructed.Ist builders were Celts of the tribe of the Treveri, who lived in the region north of the fortress. The ring fortress is located on top of the Dollberg , a… … Wikipedia
Prehistoric Norfolk — This prehistory of the County of Norfolk, England is broken into specific time periods. Norfolk has a very rich prehistoric past, from the Palaeolithic 750,000 years ago, to end of the Iron Age 2000 years age. Indeed, Norfolk has the earliest… … Wikipedia
Rathcroghan — Digital image of Rathcroghan mound Face on view of Rathcrog … Wikipedia
