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Castle in Ballyorley Upper

Castle, ringwork

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Located towards the top of a NE-facing slope. This is a circular scrub-covered area (diam. 26m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 15m; H 1.8–2.3m) with an external silted fosse (Wth of top 5m; D 0.4m) beyond which is a scarp (Wth 12m) sloping up to the surface of the surrounding field. There is no visible entrance. The church site (WX021-022001-) is c. 80m to the NW. An extensive geophysical survey conducted for Kilkenny Archaeology revealed that the visible ringwork is at the SE edge of a subcircular enclosure (int. diam. 72m E-W; 68m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 5m) that appears to be attached to the fosse defining the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX021-022002-) (Ó Drisceoil 2009, 12). (Barry 1987, 52–3).
Located towards the top of a NE-facing slope. This is a circular scrub-covered area (diam. 26m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 15m; H 1.8–2.3m) with an external silted fosse (Wth of top 5m; D 0.4m) beyond which is a scarp (Wth 12m) sloping up to the surface of the surrounding field. There is no visible entrance. The church site (WX021-022001-) is c. 80m to the NW. An extensive geophysical survey conducted for…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX021-001

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