Category Aerial Archaeology

The section contains sites discovered using areal and LiDAR imagery. All features have been reported to the National Monuments Service and placed on the Historic Environment Viewer.

Temple Carragh

Temple Carragh, Jigginstown, Naas, Co. Kildare Situated in the townland of Jigginstown, on a pasture rise opposite the seventeenth century ruins of Jigginstown House, lies the ruin of a tiny church known as Temple Carragh. The names would suggest an…

KILLASHEE (KD024-070—-)

Earthwork Killashee This feature was discovered in June 2021 while reviewing LiDAR imagery provided online by the OPW. It was reported to the National Monuments Service and subsequently classed as an Earthwork. The location of the feature is significant as…

CLONAGH (KD003-047—-)

Enclosure CLONAGH This previously unrecorded potential enclosure was discovered in February 2020 using Google Earth imagery. It was reported to the National Monuments Service and was allocated monument number KD003-047—- and classed as an enclosure. The perfectly circular enclosure appears…

KILLYBEGS DEMESNE (KD013-036—-)

Enclosure KILLYBEGS DEMESNE A potential trivallate enclosure, visible as a series of semicircular cropmarks, was discovered in March 2019 using Google Earth imagery. This was reported to the National Monuments Service in April 2019 and allocated the monument number KD013-036—-,…

GRAIGUES (KD013-035—-)

Enclosure GRAIGUES A circular crop mark was discovered in March 2019 using Google Earth imagery. This was reported to the National Monuments Service in April 2019 and allocated monument number KD013-035—-, and classed as an enclosure. There appears to be…

TIMAHOE WEST (KD009-048—-)

Enclosure TIMAHOE WEST This previously unrecorded potential enclosure was discovered in March 2019 using Google Earth imagery. It was reported to the National Monuments Service in April 2019. It was allocated monument number KD009-048—- and classed as an enclosure. It…

TIMAHOE EAST (KD009-047—-)

Enclosure – large enclosure TIMAHOE EAST This previously unrecorded enclosure with associated cropmarks was discovered in March 2019 using Google Earth imagery. It was reported to the National Monuments Service in April 2019 and was allocated monument number KD009-047—- and…

COOLCARRIGAN (KD009-046—-)

Enclosure COOLCARRIGAN This previously unrecorded enclosure and associated field system was discovered in March 2019 using Google Earth imagery. It was reported to the National Monuments Service in April 2019 and was allocated monument number KD009-046—- and classed as an…

FORENAGHTS GREAT (KD019-077—-)

Enclosure FORENAGHTS GREAT This previously unrecorded enclosure was discovered in November 2018 using Google Earth imagery. It was reported to the National Monuments Service in March 2019. It was allocated monument number KD019-077—- and classed as an enclosure. Very faint…