Ring-ditch in Kilpipe, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle N/NE-facing slope overlooking the steep side of a river valley. A small circular enclosure defined by a fosse, visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDO 74). Not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI039-017005

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