Field system in Ballyburn Upper, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Cropmark of two rectangular shaped enclosures (approx. diam. 30m) with a linear ditch running along W side visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 10 September 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD040-071

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