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An enclosure is a Celtic tradition which added a dimension to simple architecture. The circle is prominent in most primitive societies, used in the construction of huts and in the delineation of an enclosure for ritual, defensive or domestic use. It is at once the most economic and the most perfect of forms, made by the deposition of stones or an incision in the ground, naturally emulative of the sun, the moon and the pattern of the seasons.
Differences between circles are, in the nature of things, slight – variation in the degree to which they become architecture.
The circle has a lengthy typological background in Irish architecture moving from culture to culture, slipping from function to function, inherited and re-invented over time, still today dominating the plan metric landscape of rural areas.
The Celtic enclosure has been used to great effect, semi-circle has been used and open to the south facing sun to catch and hold the natural solar gain and energy of the sun.
Nicholas Mernagh MRIAI MRICS MSCSI
Registered Architect and Chartered Building Surveyor
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