Enclosure in Threecastles, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) identified as the cropmark of a fosse on an aerial photograph (19 June 2020). There is some natural soil staining within and around the edge of the W quadrant, suggesting the ground is wetter in this area. The N-NE portion of the enclosure has been truncated by scarping along side the public road (R693). See attached aerial photograph by Dan Lenehan.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK014-150

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Andy Ryan / 1803 Productions, credited by Kilkenny GAA, kilkennygaa.ie
Maker not stated on source page, en.topwar.ru

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