Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilbride, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbride
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39206, -6.75479
- SMR number
- KD004-027----
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
Visible on a 1970 aerial photograph (CUCAP BDL001). On a slight NW-facing pasture slope. A large, poorly preserved, sub-circular area (int diams. 61m N-S; 56m E-W) is defined by the remains of an almost totally ploughed out bank (int. H 0.05m) and the remnants of a very shallow outer fosse (D 0.10-0.2m), traceable intermittently as a vegetation band. A modern drain bisects the site N-S.
See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 28/06/2018 which shows cropmark of the enclosure based on information supplied by Anthony Murphy
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.