Enclosure in Griffinstown, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

A rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 62m NE-SW; c. 44m NW-SE) visible on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018) identified and reported by Simon Dowling. The enclosure is visible as an earthwork on Digital Globe imagery (no date) and OS Ortho imagery (no date). See attached images: KK025-053----_01 Digital Globe imagery (no date) KK025-053----_02 OS Ortho imagery (no date) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 January 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK025-053

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Maker not stated on source page, www.ancient-origins.net
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Rasbak, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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