Mound in Alasty, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Not recorded on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map, but shown on the current (1939) ed. as a small circular mound (est. diam c. 20m), and visible as a cropmark on a 1971 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGM 74). On level, improved pasture, drained to the N by the small NW-flowing Painestown River. No longer visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD014-050

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Ardclough GAA official club site; individual photographer not stated, ardcloughgaa.clubzap.com

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