Enclosure in Corballis, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Situated in pasture, Corballis Church (KD038-048----) and graveyard (KD038-048001-) in field 70m to ESE, castle (KD038-047----) 220m to NW. Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 50m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Simon Dowling Date of upload: 27 December 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD038-079

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