Enclosure in Derrynine, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

In level tillage. Originally identified as a cropmark on a high altitude aerial photograph (GSI N 222-1) and visible on a 2010 OSi Orthophoto as the cropmark of two widely spaced fosses (est. Wth apart c. 20m) enclosing a large rectangular area (est. max. ext. L c. 120m ESE-WNW; Wth c. 90m ENE-WSW). No visible surface trace survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD031-034

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