Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35745, -6.52997
- SMR number
- KD011-075----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere; in tillage and visible on Bing aerial imagery as a circular area (diam. c. 14m) defined by the cropmark of a fosse.
See attached image: KD011-075----_01 Snip of Bing aerial image.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 14 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.