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Barrow - ditch barrow

Barberstown, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ditch barrow, Barberstown, 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
Barberstown
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.32199, -6.61123
SMR number
KD010-062----

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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

One of a group of nine ditch-barrows (KD010-057----/065-) located in same field. Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure/barrow (approx. diam. 5m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery.

See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018, area of barrow cemetery shown in red outline, individual monument depicted with white dashed outline.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Faith Bailey.

Date of upload: 12 November 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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