Enclosure in Ardscull, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

In tillage. Shown on the 1st ed. (1839) of the OS 6-inch map as a narrow oval enclosure (est. c. 30m ENE-WSW; c. 15m NNW-SSE), with the S limits incorporated into a later field boundary. The neighbouring field boundaries have since been cleared and no visible surface trace of the monument survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD035-008

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