Enclosure in Pollardstown, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a small circular enclosure, and while not recorded on the latest ed. (1939) of the 6-inch map where the area is shown as a quarry, the feature is hachured as a small sub-rectangular enclosure (est. ext. dims. c. 25m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SE) on the intervening OS 25-inch mapping. Appears to have been quarried away.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD023-006

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