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Moated site

Rathmore (Windmill Cross ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Rathmore, 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
Rathmore (Windmill Cross ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.32592, -6.94073
SMR number
KD008-019----

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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

On level pasture, (formerly in tillage - SMR file, 1972). The site was described in 1955 as a slightly raised rectangular area defined by a fosse, possibly a moated site (SMR file). A poorly preserved, rectangular area (int dims. L c. 40m E-W; Wth 33.5m N-S) is defined along the S by a low earthen bank (Wth 4.8m; int H 0.2m; ext H 1.35m), and a broad, outer fosse (Wth 6.4m; D 1.1m) which is partially filled with field-cleared material and which contains an ice-house (KD008-019001-) at the W end. Along the W, a low scarp (H 0.9m) defines the interior and is hedged to act as a field boundary. Along the N a low earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.9m; Wth 6.5m) defines the site and is also hedged as a field boundary on its outer base. There is no visible trace of the enclosing element indicated along the E on the latest ed. (1911) of the OS 6-inch map. That map also depicts the interior as tree-planted, but it is now level pasture.

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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