Earthwork in Kilmacar, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

On the gentle W-facing slope above the river Gloshia which flows c. 1km to the E. Earthworks identified on an aerial photograph (CUCAP AYP014, 10 July 1969) may be related to a settlement associated with Kilmacar church (KK010-038001-) and castle (KK010-038003-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK010-038005

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