Enclosure in Graigrooth, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Partial cropmark of semi-circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 35m N-S) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. Cropmark of concentric enclosure (KD009-039----) 100m to N. See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Mulligan Date of upload: 26 May 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD009-056

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