Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Naas East, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Naas East
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- South Moat, Ordnance Ground, Fair Green
- Latest-edition OS map
- South Moat (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.21376, -6.66445
- SMR number
- KD019-030023-
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
The 'South Moat' stood at the S end of Naas, c. 550m almost due S of the 'North Moat' (KD019-030009-). The OSL (Herity 2002, 55 (161)) record, 'The South Moat does not present the form of a Dun. It is, however, a very large hillock of earth, broken down and encroached upon in different ways, standing in Naas Fairgreen. It is said that the barracks of Naas stood on it, before the present barracks were erected. I [T. O'Conor] think this South Moat a modern one … .' However, according to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 4, 371-2), de Burgh (1891-5, 323) described it as an 'old rath' and noted a reference to it in 1681 as a 'square fort'. It was apparently levelled c. 1900 and the site is now landscaped. In 2001, archaeological testing (Licence no. 01E1169: www.excavations.ie) at the proposed site of a swimming-pool development immediately to the E revealed material of archaeological potential (KD019-030051-).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1986 Urban Archaeological Survey - County Kildare (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Herity, M. (ed.) 2002 Ordnance Survey Letters Kildare. Dublin. Four Masters Press.
Nearby in the register
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- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Dominican friarsunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.