Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Kilmurry (donadea Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmurry (donadea Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.32678, -6.73097
- SMR number
- KD009-025----
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
On wet ground at the W foot of a gentle pasture slope. According to the landowner, a low rise was revealed to be composed of burnt stone and dark soil during drainage operations in the early 1980's (SMR file). No visible surface traces survive.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaque1 mi
- House - fortified house1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.