Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Oldtown Demesne, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldtown Demesne
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22978, -6.66114
- SMR number
- KD019-019----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on Taylor's Map of County Kildare (1783) as a small circular feature adjacent to the road. Possibly a ringfort. No visible surface traces were noted in 1985 (SMR file).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.