Ring-ditch in Garnagale, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

In undulating terrain, under tillage. There is an enclosure (KK012-052001-) c. 45m to the W, a possible rectangular enclosure (KK012-052004-) c. 40m to the NNW, an enclosure (KK012-051----) c. 160m to the NE and a ringfort (KK012-053----) c. 140m to the W. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) showing as cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP BDL040, 15 July 1970). It is not visible at ground level. See attached photograph: KK012-052002-_01 CUCAP BDL040, 15 July 1970 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 June 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK012-052002

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