Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Carbury, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carbury
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35876, -6.96958
- SMR number
- KD008-048----
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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
Standing to the N of the summit of Carbury Hill (OD 470’) and one of four closely associated sites; with a ringbarrow (KD008-005----), c. 20m to the SW, a second ringbarrow (KD008-004----) c. 50m to the WNW and a possible mound barrow (KD008-003----), c. 125m to the SSW, on the summit of the hill.
KD008-048---- was reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. Visible on Google Earth aerial imagery (18-4-2009) as a slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 9m) enclosed by a narrow fosse with traces of a possible outer bank visible NW-NE (est. ext. diam. c. 13m).
See attached image: CL008-048----_01 Snip from Google Earth aerial image dated 18-4-2009.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 9 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.