What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular earthwork in County Kilkenny, Ireland, hidden beneath heather and reeds beside modern forestry. It appeared on maps only after 1839, suggesting it may have been a sheep pen rather than an ancient monument. The clear circular shape and shallow ditches resist that simple explanation, leaving the enclosure caught between ordinary farm use and older memory.

On level ground in upland terrain, in a buffer zone surrounded by forestry. Enclosure heavily overgrown with long tufted grass, reeds and heather. Defined by a bank (overall Wth 2m; Wth at crest 0.7m; int. H 0.67m; ext. H 0.65m) with shallow internal (Wth 1.7m; D 0.1m) and external fosse (Wth 1.1m; D 0.15m). The bank and interior are particularly heavily overgrown with heather. The enclosure is not marked on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and is indicated on the 1900 revision as a circular enclosure, drawn as a continuous circular rather than hachured. This suggests that the enclosure may be post-1800 in date, possibly a sheep pen. However, the circularity of the enclosure could indicate an earlier origin. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 April 2018

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