Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Carrick (rathernan Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrick (rathernan Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22934, -6.86397
- SMR number
- KD018-021002-
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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
Prominently sited on top of what's left of the forested Hill of Allen (OD 676 feet). According to O'Grady (1903-5, 454-5), 'On the summit stands a tower (KD018-021003-) in the centre of a raised mound (KD018-021001-), where a cist-vein is said to have been unearthed by the workmen employed in digging the foundations.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - follyunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.