Mound in Eadestown, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

A circular earthwork or possible mound is shown on an undated manuscript map (NLI MS. 21.F.35 (39-82) map 55) held in the National Library of Ireland, but is not recorded on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. In 2001, archaeological test-trenching (Licence no. 01E0324: www.excavations.ie) along the possible E and S edges and across its central area failed to uncover any evidence of an archaeological monument.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD020-012

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Hamish Bain, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishexaminer.com
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Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Blessington GAA & LGFA club website; drone photographer unnamed, www.blessingtongaa.ie

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