Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural fragment
Rathgorragh, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathgorragh
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23913, -6.56302
- SMR number
- KD020-025----
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
A rectangular sandstone block (Dims. L 0.93m; Wth 0.55m; H 0.28m) carries a series of short (av. L 0.2m), shallow grooves (av. Wth c. 0.05m; av. D 0.05m), and may have been used as a blade-sharpening stone.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.