Enclosure in Ballyhall, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

In low-lying pasture, a stream flows roughly N-S c. 40m to the W. A moated site (KK026-018----) is located c. 500m to the W. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 38m) with a townland boundary running NW-SE immediately outside the NE quadrant. A roughly D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 38m NE-SW along SE side; c. 35m NW-SE) defined by a low scarp and sharply profiled external narrow drain, possibly a fosse that has been recut. The interior is level and under grass while the perimeter is overgrown with trees and scrub.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK026-019

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