Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maynooth
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38155, -6.58940
- SMR number
- KD005-023----
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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
An archaeological assessment (Licence no. 02E1452) of a proposed development site at the rear of No. 8 Main Street, Maynooth revealed the presence of a ditch running N-S. A short length (L c. 30m) was subsequently excavated (Licence no. 02E1452 ext.) and proved to be of medieval date, having 13th-14th-century pottery in its base. It remained open until the site was developed in the mid-18th century. It measured up to 2.6m in width and 1.1m in depth. The remains of an 18th and 19th century stone-lined drain, a well and cistern overlay the ditch. It seems likely that the ditch was simply a field boundary, but it forms part of the line of a putative large enclosure surrounding the earlier part of the town. (www.excavations.ie)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.