What is recorded here

Indicated is a D-shaped enclosure in County Kildare, Ireland, with a straight west side, broad bank and wide outer fosse. It was annotated Molly Dillon’s Rath on a copy of the OS 6-inch map, yet by 1972 it had been levelled into a slight depression. Aerial photography still suggests its shape and a possible associated field system, keeping the lost boundary visible in grass and shadow.

Shown on the OS 25-inch map as a D-shaped area (est. diam. c. 45m E-W) with a straight W side (est. L c. 44m N-S) enclosed by a broad bank (est. Wth c. 8m) and a wide outer fosse (est. Wth c. 7m). The monument is annotated ‘Molly Dillon’s Rath’ on a copy of the OS 6-inch map by Fitzgerald (1912-14c, 263). Upon inspection in 1972, the monument was found to have been levelled, a slight depression marking where it once stood (SMR file). The monument is visible as a cropmark on one of Dr. Gillian Barrett’s aerial photos (GB89.AF.36) which also shows the cropmark of a possible associated field system (KD032-042001-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 07 November 2013

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