John Flynn: Sliabh Coillte Heritage Group
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Magnetic Gradiometry survey of the Kilmokea Enclosure, Great Island, Co Wexford
The Sliabh Coillte Heritage Group, founded in 2011, is a local community group based in Campile in south west Co Wexford. With the confluence of the three rivers, Barrow , Nore and Suir beside us the area is rich with sites of historical importance dating from Pre-history through to the Viking and Norman periods.
In 2013 we purchased the LiDAR data of the area from Ordnance Survey Ireland and from this we identified an anomaly of particular interest in the Early Christian 'Kilmokea Enclosure' located in nearby Great Island. By using remote sensing techniques we have discovered previously unrecorded archaeology. Together with discoveries from nearby recent excavations we may have evidence that the enclosure is earlier than previously thought.
In 2015, a local community grant from the Heritage Council enabled us to complete a Magnetic Gradiometry survey of the Kilmokea Enclosure. The results of this survey show up some very interesting newly discovered features.
In 2013 we purchased the LiDAR data of the area from Ordnance Survey Ireland and from this we identified an anomaly of particular interest in the Early Christian 'Kilmokea Enclosure' located in nearby Great Island. By using remote sensing techniques we have discovered previously unrecorded archaeology. Together with discoveries from nearby recent excavations we may have evidence that the enclosure is earlier than previously thought.
In 2015, a local community grant from the Heritage Council enabled us to complete a Magnetic Gradiometry survey of the Kilmokea Enclosure. The results of this survey show up some very interesting newly discovered features.