Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In flat undulating lowland, in pasture. A sub-circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) identified by geophysics (Nicholls 2017 unpublished Geophysical report; Deery and Crowley 2017 unpublished EIS) carried out in advance of a proposed solar farm.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----; KK004-048----; KK004-049----; KK004-050----; KK004-051----; KK004-052-; KK004-053---- and KK004-054----) identified in the vicinity by geophysics. The N portion of the enclosure is cut through by a field boundary running roughly E-W and the NW sector is damaged by a field boundary extending northward from the E-W boundary. The entrance appears to have destroyed by these later field boundaries. Adjoining this enclosure to the S is a large sub-rectangular enclosure (KK004-048----) or annexe, with rounded corners and an entrance along the E side. A field boundary, which appears contemporary, runs south-eastward from the SE sector and another runs S from the SW angle of the annexe. The monument is not visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 September 2018

References

Nicholls, J. 2017 Ballyragget solar farm geophysical survey report (licence number 17R0041). Unpublished report target archaeological geophysics submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Deery, S. and Crowley, C. 2017 Ballyragget solar PV farm, Ballyconra, Ballyragget, County Kilkenny. Unpublished archaeological, architectural and cultural heritage impact report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.