Enclosure in Ballyconra, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

In flat undulating lowland, in pasture. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) identified by geophysics (Nicholls 2017 unpublished Geophysical report; Deery and Crowley 2017 unpublished EIS) carried out in advance of a proposed solar farm. One of a number of enclosures (KK004-044----; KK004-045----; KK004-047----; KK004-048----; KK004-049----; KK004-050----; KK004-051----; KK004-052-; KK004-053---- and KK004-054----) identified in the vicinity by geophysics. Anomalies within the enclosure suggest there are internal features including a circular structure and some pits. The fosse in the S sector is truncated by a field boundary running ENE-WSW. The monument is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK004-044

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