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On the flat low-lying valley floor c. 450m E of the River Nore, in reclaimed pasture and tillage. The views are fair to good across the valley. There is a circular enclosure (KK014-003001-) c. 50m to the SE. A small circular area (diam. c. 10m) defined by fosse showing as cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG043, 16 July 1971). It is not visible at ground level. KK014-003002-_01 CUCAP BGG043, 16 July 1971 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 May 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK014-003002

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