Enclosure in Graney West, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. Visible on Google Earth imagery (11-8-2022) in level pasture as a large oval area (max. diam. c. 58m N-S; c. 44m E-W) defined by the cropmark of a wide (Wth c. 2-5m) fosse. Approximately 100m to the NE, three Early Bronze Age graves (KD040-011----) were excavated in 1953. See attached image: KD040-076----_01 Snip of Google earth image (11-8-2022).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD040-076

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