Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Westown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Westown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23212, -6.61722
- SMR number
- KD019-060----
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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
On level pasture c. 90m NE of a small N-flowing stream. A long, narrow, rectangular area (dims. L 31m N-S; Wth 7m) is enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 2.6m at W-5.8m at E; int H 0.6m at W-1.5m at E; ext H 1.4m at W and S - 2.4m at E) and by a broad, flat-bottomed, outer fosse (Wth 1.2m at S - 3m at N; D 0.6m at W - 1.6m at E). An entrance gap at S (Wth 1.3m) has a corresponding causeway (Wth 2.4m) crossing the fosse outside. The site is overgrown with ivy-clad trees and briar.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.