What is recorded here

Kilkneedan holds two ghost rectangles beside Kilcredane Church, their shallow scars still visible in the pasture. The inner box measures forty-five metres across, close enough to touch the church wall, while the outer reaches ninety metres, a larger chamber for gatherings or protection. A field boundary cuts through both, and dense vegetation hides the northern edge, but the grass still drops where ancient hands dug. Perhaps priests lived inside the smaller ring and villagers gathered in the wider one, dividing sacred from ordinary with nothing more than a line in the earth.

In improved pasture, to E, S and W of Kilcredane Church (KE058-015001-). Sub-rectangular area (dims. c. 45m WNW-ESE; c. 25m NNE-SSW) defined by scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 0.25m) ENE->W; appears to represent an inner enclosure in close proximity to the church. A potential outer enclosure is traceable as a sub-rectangular area (dims. c. 90m WNW-ESE; c. 60m NNE-SSW) defined by scarp (Wth 3.5m; H 0.2m) ENE->S and SW->WNW; Curvilinear cropmark WNW->NW evident upon modern aerial photography (Bing 2015). Fosse (overall Wth 5.0m; basal Wth 1.0m; D 0.1m) traceable ENE->SE. Interior of both enclosures is generally level and grass covered. Both enclosures are bisected by a field boundary (long-axis NNE-SSW) which is to immediate E of Kilcredane Church. Not visible in field to N due to dense overgrowth of vegetation. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 October 2015

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