Bawn in Lackagh Beg, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

On level pasture. Traces of a fosse possibly enclosing a bawn to the N of a possible hall house (KD022-017001-) noted in 1986 (SMR File) are no longer visible at ground level, but a low scarp (H 0.8m) may mark its line.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD022-017001

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