Field system in Woodsgift, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

A large irregularly shaped enclosure (dims. c. 120m NE-SW; c. 60m WNW-ESE) which is visible as a cropmark (CUCAP BGN094, 19 July 1971) W of the public road and which may be part of an associated field system. On the aerial photograph the N length seems to extend northeastward by c. 100m E of the road. It encloses a D-shaped enclosure (KK012-027----) which is also visible as a cropmark on the aerial photograph. It is not visible at ground level. See attached photograph: KK012-027001-_01 CUCAP BGN094, 19 July 1971 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 June 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK012-027001

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