Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Dunfierth, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunfierth
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.38456, -6.82712
- SMR number
- KD004-012----
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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 gentle S-facing slope in improved, formerly wet, pastureland, with a second moated site (KD004-030----) c. 120m to the W, and a possible holy well site (KD004-023----) immediately to the W. A fairly well-preserved rectangular area (int. dims. L 36m NE-SW; Wth 31m NW-SE) with slightly raised internal corners, is defined by a broad fosse (Wth 8-10m; D 0.6m on SE side-1.2m on NW side) with stone revetment visible on the inner face at S, and by a low outer bank (Wth 2.5m; int H 2.2m; ext. H 0.4m) composed of earth and stone, at the W corner. A later field fence overlies the outer lip of the fosse along the NE and SE sides, and was noted along the SW side in 1972 (SMR file). Visible as being overgrown on a recent aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto 2005).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.