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Enclosure in Ardkill

Enclosure

What is recorded here

In level, poor, rushy pasture c. 150m SE of a medieval church (KD008-009001-) and graveyard (KD008-009002-). A D-shaped area (diam. 26m NE-SW), with a straight NE side (L 65m) appears to be the W-half of an originally circular or oval enclosure. It is defined by a low grass covered, earthen bank (Wth 5.1m; H 0.4m) from S to NW, but by a modern field bank along it's straight NE side. There is no obvious visible surface trace of the E-half of the monument.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD008-017

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kfm Radio; individual photographer not named, www.kfmradio.com
  • Robin Pollard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Dougbermingham at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Douglas P.Bermingham, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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