Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Curragh (kildare Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curragh (kildare Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rath
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.17225, -6.89297
- SMR number
- KD022-041----
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 slightly domed, circular area (diam. 26m) is enclosed by a shallow fosse with an external bank. An external fosse immediately outside the bank is visible at the S. A second low, concentric bank lies 32m outside the bank (overall diam. of enclosed area 81m). Visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP BDU 21). Two areas of disturbance, several golf greens, and a rectangular house site with attached haggard, defined by low banks and shallow fosses, occur in the area between the inner and outer banks. (O'Riordáin 1950, 276: Site D1; scaled section NW-SE Plate XXVII)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References
Ó Ríordáin 1950, S.P. 1950 Excavation of some earthworks on the Curragh, Co. Kildare. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 53 C 2, 249-77.
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