Enclosure in Coneygar, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

In pasture. An irregular enclosure indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map with a small quarry 12m to the N. A townland boundary runs N-S c. 30m to the E and a stream rises at a spring named on the OS map as Tobernaleabe, c. 160m to the E and flows SSW. A field boundary runs along the S and W perimeter of the enclosure. On the 1900 revision the enclosure is depicted as being slightly more square (dims. c. 50m N-S and E-W) with an indent towards the interior midway along the N bank. The monument is visible on satellite imagery (Digitalglobe, viewed 17 November 2020) with trees/scrub growing on the bank while the interior is under grass.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK020-012

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liam murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Andy Ryan / 1803 Productions, credited by Kilkenny GAA, kilkennygaa.ie
A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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