Moated site in Stangs, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

In tillage. A rectangular enclosure (int. dims. c. 34m NE-SW; c. 37m NW-SE) enclosed by a wide deep fosse (Wth c. 4m) identified as a cropmark by Gillian Barrett on an aerial photograph (GB94.FI.29, August 1994). Also visible as a cropmark on Google Earth imagery (imagery date 14 July 2018; 3 July 2019) identified by Simon Dowling, with a linear cropmark (L c. 30m) running NW from the N angle and another (L c. 80m) running SE from the S end of the SE side, possibly part of an associated field system. See attached Google Earth imagery KK020-092----_01 (imagery date 14 July 2018) KK020-092----_02 (imagery date 3 July 2019) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 22 January 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK020-092

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