Enclosure in Joinersfolly, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

One of three enclosures identified as cropmarks on an aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG026, 16 July 1971). This roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 46m) is defined by a fosse. A field boundary, running roughly E-W, kinks out slightly on the line of the S edge of the enclosure. There is a ring-ditch (KK019-042002-) c. 70m to the S and another enclosure (KK019-042001-) c. 80m to the SW. See attached: KK019-042003-_01 aerial photograph CUCAP BGG026, 16 July 1971 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 October 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK019-042003

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