Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Kilmurry (donadea Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
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----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
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
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- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.