Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Portgloriam, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portgloriam
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38128, -6.71374
- SMR number
- KD005-042----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on reclaimed grassland with stream marking townland boundary with Ballycanon immediately to W, Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 45m N-S) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. Outline of monument clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/11/2019
See attached Google Earth orthophotos taken 28/06/2018 and 14/11/2019
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Mulligan
Date of upload: 26 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Linear earthwork1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.