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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Killybegs Demesne, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Killybegs Demesne, 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
Killybegs Demesne
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.27608, -6.73420
SMR number
KD013-019005-

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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

In open, level pasture. A large, poorly preserved, D-shaped area (diam. c. 65m N-S) with a straight S side (L c. 60m) truncated by a road, is defined by a low, inner earthen bank (Wth 2.9m at S-4.9m at E; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m), and a shallow outer fosse (Wth 1.8-2.2m; D 0.4-0.7m). A shallow modern drain (Wth 1.1-1.8m; D 0.2-0.4m) runs along the internal base of the bank. There is a low, sub rectangular platform (dims. L 33m E-W; Wth 25m; H 0.3-0.8m) at the centre of the interior upon which there is a church (KD013-019002-). The interior also contains a graveyard (KD013-019003-) and is the site of a religious house of the Knight's Hospitallers (KD013-019001-).

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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