Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newtown (killinthomas Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (killinthomas Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23053, -6.97972
- SMR number
- KD017-010----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Shown as a circular 'Rath' on Taylor's 1783 Map of County Kildare, but not recorded on any ed. of the OS 6-inch map. In gently undulating pasture. According to local tradition, the area of the site was known as 'Fairyhill' and comprised 'small gravel rises' which were quarried away, leaving no visible surface trace of the monument (SMR file).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.