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Enclosure in Courtstown

Enclosure

What is recorded here

Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 24m). According to O'Kelly (1969, 29) this is known locally as, 'Ráithín'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK018-029

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Photo credits
  • Public picture contributor, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andy Ryan / 1803 Productions, credited by Kilkenny GAA, kilkennygaa.ie
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Neville Goodman, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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