Enclosure in Mountrice, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Visible on an aerial photograph (GSI N 415-6) as the cropmark of a possible penannular enclosure, open towards the NW. In level pasture. Not visible at ground level. A burial (KD021-005----) was discovered c. 80m to the WNW, and the feature is overlooked by a mound (KD021-007----) c. 90m to the NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD021-012

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