{"id":347,"date":"2019-04-19T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/?p=347"},"modified":"2019-04-29T09:31:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T08:31:03","slug":"heritage-podcast-series-episode-5-black-pigs-dyke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2019\/04\/19\/heritage-podcast-series-episode-5-black-pigs-dyke\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Podcast Series Episode 5 Black Pig\u2019s Dyke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Black Pig\u2019s Dyke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Black Pig\u2019s Dyke or Cla\u00ed na P\u00e9iste is an enigmatic earthern monument, extending at Scotshouse to about 10km in length.\u00a0 Consisting of two deep ditches and earthen banks, which are still visible and an oak palisade fence now only obvious from underground charcoal remains, this monument was constructed in the Iron Age or possible earlier and was burned around the same time that the temple at Emain Macha was set alight in Armagh. 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