Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grange, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

On a gentle N-facing pasture slope. Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch as an enclosed tree copse, but represented as an unenclosed stand of trees on the latest ed. (1911) of the map. A poorly preserved circular area (int. diam. 26m) is defined by a shallow fosse (Wth c. 4m; D 0.3m). It may have been an ornamental landscape feature, but its siting suggests that an existing ringfort might have been adapted to that purpose.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD004-028

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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