Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Boherkill,guidenstown North, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boherkill,guidenstown North
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.20350, -6.95245
- SMR number
- KD017-026----
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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 a narrow tillage spur projecting W from the W-foot of Grange Hill (OD 743 feet), c. 100m SE of a possible rath (KD017-038----). A very overgrown but otherwise fairly well-preserved, almost square area (dims. L 60m NE-SW; Wth 58m NW-SE) is defined by a grass and thorn covered, steep-sided bank of earth and stone (Wth 2m; int H 1.7m; ext H 2.2m) with an entrance gap (Wth 2.8m) mid-way along the SW side, and a by a broad outer fosse (Wth. 6-7m; D. 1.5m). The monument is protected by a Preservation Order issued in 2002.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.