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Enclosure - large enclosure

Kilmurry (Donadea ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Kilmurry, County Kildare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilmurry (Donadea ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.38192, -6.88509
SMR number
KD003-048----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Towards the broader, SW-end of a triangular spur of level pasture approaching the confluence of the Sweep River – flowing NE – and the Fear English River – flowing N. Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere; visible on Google Earth aerial imagery (24-3-2017) as traces of a large circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 130m N-S) defined at W by a low scarp and from NW-NE and SE-S by a narrow fosse. A possible relict field drain runs NE off the fosse at N and possible later drains cross the E sector. LiDAR imagery shows a possible internal oval enclosed area in the W sector and a second, possible rectilinear internal subdivision of the E sector. Relict cultivation ridges are also visible running NW-SE across the site and surrounding field.

See attached image: KD003-048----_01 Snip of Google Earth aerial imagery dated 24-3-2017 with LiDAR image inset.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 9 June 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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