Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Boycetown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boycetown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.41271, -6.69341
- SMR number
- KD005-001----
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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
On a low NW-SE pasture ridge. Although indicated as an oval area on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map the site is a small, sub rectangular area (int dims. L 19m NW-SE; Wth 13m NE-SW) defined by a low, earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m), and by a shallow outer fosse (Wth 4.3m; D 0.3m). Neither of the two narrow, opposed gaps in the enclosing bank at E and W have corresponding causeways across the fosse and may be modern. Visible on a recent aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto 2005)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.