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'Dun Ailinne' : Hill Fort

TownlandKnockallin
CountyKildare
Grid RefN 820 070
Longitude6° 46' 31.58" W
Latitude53° 6' 26.27" N
Nearest TownKildare (10.7 Km)
OS Sheet55
UTM zone29U
UTM x648910.40592132
UTM y5886518.9339613
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 10th February 2002

This hillfort occupies the top of a large round hill just south of Kilcullen. The line of the banks are clearly defined by a ring of bushes and shrubs that sit around the hill like a mantle.

The weather really was too bad to attempt a climb up into the fort and so I had to settle for gazing at it across the valley.

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Directions

From Kilcullen head south along the N78. Looking southwest you will see a large hill. This is Dun Ailine.

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1 Km (E) there is a Round Tower at Old Kilcullen.
8.9 Km (S) there is a Passage Tomb at Killeencormac known as Killeen Cormac.
8.6 Km (SE) there is a Ring Fort at Tornant Lower (Co. Wicklow).
4.1 Km (SW) there is a Motte at Ballyshannon.
3.4 Km (SSE) there is a Standing Stone at Kilgowen.

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