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Identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett in 1991. Aerial photograph (GB91.EI.28) shows the cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD019-070

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  • Royalcanalrunner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Robin Pollard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, animalia-life.club
  • Maker not stated on source page, readymap.irish
  • Maker not stated on source page, eattasty.pt
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.kildareheritage.com
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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