Enclosure in Rathsillagh Upper, County Kildare

What is recorded here

Near the top of a long moderately steep E-facing pasture slope. Visible on 1971 aerial photographs (CUCAP AVM 25, BGN 19) as the cropmarks of two parallel fosses enclosing a large oval enclosure (est max diam. c. 80m NW-SE), with the cropmarks of two other parallel fosses to the E, possibly forming part of an associated field system (KD032-017002-). No visible surface trace survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD032-017001

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What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

John Michael Wright, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
liam murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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