What is recorded here

Ballyconra is an enclosure in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It contains a possible roughly circular enclosure, about 35 to 40m wide, hidden beneath pasture and first traced by geophysics before a proposed solar farm. The north, south-east and south-west arcs remain clear although a later field boundary cuts across the middle. Nearby marks suggest a row settlement and a pit, keeping the place tied to both ancient boundary-making and later human use.

In flat undulating lowland, in pasture. A possible roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 35-40m) identified by geophysics (Nicholls 2017 unpublished Geophysical report; Deery and Crowley 2017 unpublished EIS) carried out in advance of a proposed solar farm.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 (KK004-043----; KK004-044----; KK004-045----; KK004-047----; KK004-048----; KK004-049----; KK004-050----; KK004-051-; KK004-052---- and KK004-053----) identified in the vicinity by geophysics. Only the N, SE and SW curving enclosing elements are clearly defined. The enclosure is bisected by a later field boundary running NNW-SSE which is associated with a row settlement, aligned roughly E-W, c. 90m to the S. There is a large pit like feature (diam. c. 5m) immediately SE of this enclosure, though this may be related to the later settlement as it is at the N end of a small narrow rectangular field. The enclosure is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 September 2018

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