Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Newtown (cloncurry Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (cloncurry Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39996, -6.75385
- SMR number
- KD004-058----
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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
Partial cropmark of semi-circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 46m NE-SW) on S side of stream which forms townland boundary with Cappagh visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 28/06/2018
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Mulligan
Date of upload: 25 May 2020
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.