Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Graigrooth, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graigrooth
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36802, -6.75925
- SMR number
- KD009-039----
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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
Cropmark of roughly circular-shaped concentric enclosure (approx. ext. diam. 60m; int. diam. 32m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan.
See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018.
Date of upload: 5 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.