Settlement cluster in Kyleballynamoe, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

According to local information this field was known as 'Tatterstreet' and there had been earthen banks and platforms along a 'hollow-road'. Before field inspection in 1987 the field had been recently reclaimed and ploughed and no earthworks were visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK013-129

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Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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