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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Hortland, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Hortland, 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
Hortland
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.37382, -6.77991
SMR number
KD004-018001-

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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

On a gentle W-facing slope in tillage, with a motte (KD004-017----) c. 40m to the N. The interior contains a possible church site (KD004-018002-), and incorporates the W limits of a later graveyard (KD004-018003-). A C-shaped area (dims. 47.5m N-S; traceable L 29 E-W), open to the E, is defined by a low, broad, inner earthen bank (Wth 5.1-5.5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) and by a shallow, flat-bottomed, outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m), both of which are truncated by ploughing at S. (It's possible that this feature is part of an 'outer' bailey associated with the motte (KD004-017----) c. 25m to the N, however its orientation 'away' from the motte might suggest otherwise.)

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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