Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Wolfestown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wolfestown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.20135, -6.55982
- SMR number
- KD020-013----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · 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
Shown on the latest ed. (1913-17) of the OS 6-inch map as a raised circular area (est. diam. c. 40m) enclosed by an outer bank from NNW-ENE and from S-WNW (est. ext. diam. c. 70m NE-SW. In 1972, there was no visible trace of these features and the area was a flat-topped hill (SMR file). The site and surrounding ground, especially to the S, are visible as having been extensively quarried on a 2000 aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.