Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Kilbrook, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbrook
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41438, -6.77076
- SMR number
- KD004-034----
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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 level improved pasture c. 50m S of a holy well (KD004-024----). A low, grass covered, sub-circular, earthen mound (diams. 8.3m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.4m) is heavily poached by livestock and has no visible stone in its composition. It is visible on an aerial photograph (Holton 1985, Fig. 39; SMR file).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - hollow-wayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.