Enclosure in Milltown, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

Indicated as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 43m NW-SE; c. 38m NE-SW) with straight side of the D to the W (L c. 35m), partially incorporated in a field boundary. A field boundary runs NE from the E side before turning southeastward. On the 1900 revision and 25-inch OS map it is shown as a subrectangular area (dims. c. 30m NW-SE; c. 18m NE-SW) enclosed on three sides, N-E-S, by a band of trees (Wth 5-10m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK025-029

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Alex Passmore, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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Andy Ryan / 1803 Productions, credited by Kilkenny GAA, kilkennygaa.ie
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