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Enclosure in Maynooth

Enclosure

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Visible on as 1970 aerial photograph (CUCAP BDR 31) as the cropmark of a fosse enclosing an approximately circular area (est. max. diam. c. 40m), crossed by a possible trackway (KD005-011002-), and possibly associated with a small enclosure (KD005-010----) immediately to the N, and with a possible field-system (KD005-012----) immediately to the S. By 1985 the site had been overlain by earthen landscaping mounds (SMR file). Area is visible on a recent aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto 2005) and is built on with modern housing.
Visible on as 1970 aerial photograph (CUCAP BDR 31) as the cropmark of a fosse enclosing an approximately circular area (est. max. diam. c. 40m), crossed by a possible trackway (KD005-011002-), and possibly associated with a small enclosure (KD005-010----) immediately to the N, and with a possible field-system (KD005-012----) immediately to the S. By 1985 the site had been overlain by earthen landscaping mounds…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD005-011001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • AugusteBlanqui, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Darkone ( talk · contribs ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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