Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Moyvally, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyvally
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.43141, -6.92065
- SMR number
- KD001-005----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low but prominently sited hillock in gently undulating pasture. Named 'Site of Castle' on the 1st. ed.(1838) of the OS 6-inch map which shows an unroofed rectangular structure (dims. L c. 25m NW-SE; Wth c. 10m). There is no visible surface trace of the monument.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.