Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castlesize, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlesize
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25756, -6.67313
- SMR number
- KD019-075----
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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
Situated in grassland on the E bank of the River Liffey. Cropmark of semi-circular shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 35m N-S; 27m E-W) with possible entrance gap at SSE visible on Google Earth imagery taken 28/06/2018. The E bank of the River Liffey appears to form enclosing element of W side of monument in a similar fashion to cliff-edge forts.
See attached image taken from Google Earth
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Chris Corlett
Date of upload: 29 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.