Enclosure in Ballyhale, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

Immediately NW of Ballyhale village and c. 500m NNW of Ballyhale Castle (KK031-034005-). A square enclosure (dims. c. 50m), with rounded corners, visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Apple maps satellite imagery), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. It has a wide inner enclosing element, possibly a bank, with an outer fosse and narrow outer bank. See attached imagery: KK031-103----_01 Apple maps satellite imagery Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 June 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK031-103

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