Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killhill, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killhill
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.24616, -6.58413
- SMR number
- KD019-010----
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 on the latest ed. (1939) of the OS 6-inch map as an oval area (est. max diams. c. 70m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) defined by a bank, standing c. 70m E of Kill motte-and-bailey (KD019-008004-). Described in 1955 as a sub rectangular enclosure, of which no visible surface traces survived in 1973 (SMR File).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/2007).
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.