Enclosure KD027-035---- in Kildoon

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What is recorded here

On a narrow, steep-sided esker, portions of which have been quarried away to the E, W and S. According to Dowling (1935-45, 454), ‘On a high esker which has been almost completely excavated by sand diggers a Dun or Fort formerly existed …’. The upper surface of the esker has also been partially quarried and no recognisable surface trace of a monument survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD027-035

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Jimmy Fullam, credited by Kildare Nationalist, www.kildare-nationalist.ie
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