Ecclesiastical enclosure in Townplots, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Located directly outside site of W wall of medieval town of Kinsale (CO112-03402- and CO112-03401-). According to local information (pers. comm. E. Gillen) site of early ecclesiastical settlement of St. Multose founded in the 6th century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 396). No visible surface trace. It is also possible that site is that now occupied by St Multose' Church (CO112-03404-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO112-085

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