Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In flat undulating lowland, in pasture. A square annexe/enclosure (dims. c. 40m NW-SE) identified by geophysics (Nicholls 2017 unpublished Geophysical report; Deery and Crowley 2017 unpublished EIS) carried out in advance of a proposed solar farm.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----; KK004-047----; KK004-048----; KK004-049----; KK004-050----; KK004-051-; KK004-052---- and KK004-054----) identified in the vicinity by geophysics. It adjoins a similarly sized, though better defined, square enclosure (KK004-052----) to the E. The annexe is formed by a continuation, on a slightly different alignment, of the N side and of the S side, the latter on the same alignment, of the eastern enclosure. The W side of the annexe is not clearly defined, it may have been formed by a field boundary which runs NW-SE along the W side and continues northward. The SE quadrant of the annexe and the SW quadrant of the eastern square enclosure overlie an earlier enclosure (KK004-044----). 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 Unpublished report target archaeological geophysics submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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 Unpublished archaeological, architectural and cultural heritage impact report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the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.