Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Blackwood (robertstown Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackwood (robertstown Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28913, -6.80849
- SMR number
- KD013-016002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On level pasture, immediately W of a tower house (KD013-016001-). A very large but poorly preserved, hexagonal area (dims. L c. 170m N-S; Wth c. 160m E-W) is defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 3m; int H 0.8m; ext H 2.2m) which is densely overgrown with briar and thorn along the N, and an outer fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 1.2m) which has been recut as a modern field drain. Along the E side, bordering the tower house, the enclosing elements are removed and overlain by a farm track. The level interior is featureless.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.