Linear earthwork in Jenkinstown, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

On the SE edge of a terrace above flood plain c. 170m N of the Dinin River, with land rising gently to the N and NW, in pasture. Two parallel ditches (Wth apart c. 20m), extending for c. 50m southwesterly from the SSE edge of a large trivallate ringfort (KK014-010001-), are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (CUCAP BOD023 and BOD024, 10 July 1973). The southernmost ditch appears to extend further for a total length of c. 80m. It is not visible at ground level. See attached aerial photograph CUCAP BOD024, 10 July 1973 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 May 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK014-010002

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