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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Kilcullen South

Ecclesiastical enclosure
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In pasture, on crest of hill. Large circular enclosure (diam. c. 70m); defined N->SSE by E side of subrectangular enclosure (9180); SSE->WNW by faint cropmark visible in aerial photograph (CASAP). Subrectangular enclosure (9180) and possible souterrain (9052) in E half; site of burial ground (9342) and possible burial (9378) in W half. According to Hartnett (1939, 192), field and enclosure (9180) both known as 'Kill'. Townland name translates 'Cill Chuilinn - St. Cuileann's Church' (O'Donoghue 1986, 283) and glen immediately to W of site named 'Glennakilla' on OS 6-inch maps. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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