Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Gorteen (dunfierth Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteen (dunfierth Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39842, -6.84149
- SMR number
- KD004-032----
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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
In open, level, poorly drained pasture. A poorly preserved, rectangular area (int. dims. L c. 29m N-S; Wth c. 25m) is defined by a low, inner earthen bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.7m; ext H 0.8m) and by a shallow outer fosse (Wth 4.5-5m; D 0.2m). The external corner at NW is truncated by a modern field bank. The site is shown as being tree-covered on the latest ed. (1911) of the OS 6-inch map and the interior contains recently felled trees. Visible on a recent aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto 2005).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.