Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Kilmacredock Upper, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmacredock Upper
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.36029, -6.53294
- SMR number
- KD011-043----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In 2001, eighteen potential archaeological sites were found during archaeological monitoring (Licence no. 01E0306) of topsoil-stripping on the Celbridge Interchange. The scheme was approximately 4km in length and ran from Celbridge to Leixlip through gently undulating land with a mixture of arable, pasture and woodland. The southern part of the scheme ran through an area heavily influenced by 18th-century landscape design, with avenues, woodland and tree-lined field boundaries centred on the early 18th-century house at Castletown.
The site (Site 6) measured 7m by 12m and was visible as seven possible post-holes and a linear feature at monitoring stage. These were identified by charcoal flecks and burnt stone. It was resolved under licence number 01E0596. (www.excavations.ie)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.