Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killhill, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killhill
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.24463, -6.58309
- SMR number
- KD019-057----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a SW-facing pasture slope, c. 180m SE of a motte and bailey (KD019-008004-). Described in 1972 (SMR file) as a semi circular rise (est. diam. c. 70m), only traceable with difficulty, and possibly the remains of the S portion (SE-S-WNW) of an enclosure.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.