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Barrow - ditch barrow

Celbridge Abbey (Celbridge ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ditch barrow, Celbridge Abbey, 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
Celbridge Abbey (Celbridge ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Outlined
Latest-edition OS map
Outlined
Coordinates
53.32872, -6.55517
SMR number
KD011-066----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Situated on flat poorly drained grassland with ditch barrow (KD011-067) approx. 50m to NNE. Depicted as a small grove of trees on first ed. OS 6-inch map and as a small circular enclosure on the revised ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Low circular-shaped rise of ground or low mound (approx. diam. 16m) defined by a shallow fosse (approx. Wth 2m).

See attached photograph of monument courtesy of Criddy & Meaghan O'Brien and black and white photo taken 05/10/2009 from Google Earth

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Criddy & Meaghan O'Brien

Date of upload: 07 March 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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