Moated site in Ashtown, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

Map note: Moated site in Ashtown, a moated site, is mapped around Ashtown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK039-007

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