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Enclosure in Kineagh

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Shown on Taylor's Map of County Kildare (1783) as a circular enclosure, but not recorded on the OS mapping. Described in 1955 as a ringfort (diam c. 37.5m) with a large bank surrounding a mound, possibly the summit of the esker on which it was sited, and partially damaged by an adjacent quarry (pers. comm. P. Danaher). No visible surface trace survives and the quarry area, shown to the N on the OS mapping, is now level pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD028-021

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andy Cronin, via Athgarvan GAA & LGFA Club, www.athgarvangaa.ie
  • Murphy Design & Build Solutions Ltd, project designers and managers; individual aerial photographer unstated, www.murphydesign.ie
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
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