Knockaunteemeade, enclosure in County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

Immediately W of a public road. Named 'Knockaunteemeade' and indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision as a trapezoidal area (diam. c. 56m N-S. c. 31m E-W at the N, tapering to c. 12m at S) defined by scarp. Visible on Digitalglobe satellite imagery (viewed 9 November 2020) as being overgrown with trees and scrub. There is a large enclosure (KK020-004----) c. 200m to the NE and another one (KK020-006----) c. 300m to the ENE. A mineral spa well is indicated on the OS maps c. 75m to the SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK020-005

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