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House - early medieval

Cappagh, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - early medieval, Cappagh, 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
Cappagh
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.40826, -6.74516
SMR number
KD004-039001-

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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

In 2002, archaeological excavation (Licence no. 02E1002) of an early medieval enclosure (KD004-039----) was undertaken as part of the M4 Kinnegad-Enfield-Kilcock Motorway Scheme. The interior of the site produced evidence of three structures (KD004-039001-, KD004-039002- and KD004-039003-) and a metalworking site (KD004-039004-). Structure B (KD004-039001-) was a large sub rectangular house structure measuring 8.5m east-west by 6m. This was defined by an irregular slot-trench with a maximum width of 0.5m and maximum depth of 0.29m. Finds from the fills of the slot included butchered bone and a whetstone. A small pit that cut the north-west corner of this structure contained two blue glass beads. An entrance was identified at the south-east corner of the structure that may have been protected from northern winds by a windbreak or an annexe defined by a curvilinear slot-trench oriented east-west from the entrance feature. Three regularly spaced stone-packed post-holes situated just off-centre to the structure may have held roof supports, and a hearth was represented by a shallow area of burnt clay, again just off-centre to the structure. (www.excavations.ie)

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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