Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Mountprospect, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountprospect
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20770, -7.01251
- SMR number
- KD017-020----
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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
At the N foot of a long, gentle pasture slope, immediately W of a tower house (KD017-021----) and an unclassified building (KD017-035----) c. 75m to its N. A large rectangular area (dims. L c. 350m E-W; Wth c. 150m) is defined by a main, broad, low earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; H 0.2-0.4m) along its N side, off which similar, shorter banks, run perpendicularly to the S to form a series of small rectangular fields (av. dims. L c. 40m; Wth c. 20m). (CUCAP BDU 16, 17: 1970).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.