Ring-ditch in Ballycommon, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

In tillage field. Cropmark of ring-ditch (diam. c. 10m) transected at N by cropmark of field ditch running E-W visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 12/07/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien based on details provided by Seán Sourke Date of upload: 23 April 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD015-027

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Irishshagua, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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