Ring-ditch in Mainham, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

On level pasture at the foot of the low scarp which marks the SE limits of the bailey of Mainham motte and bailey (KD014-007001-). A small, circular area (diam. 4m) is defined by a broad band (Wth 3m) of lush, green grass, perhaps marking the line of an infilled fosse.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD014-007003

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