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Barrow - ditch barrow

Curragh (Kildare ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ditch barrow, Curragh, County Kildare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Curragh (Kildare ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.17470, -6.87681
SMR number
KD022-088----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · 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

On a narrow, level terrace at the E foot of a short, gentle slope. Two large ring barrows lie 70m to the NW (KD022-043----) and c. 170m to the W (KD022-042----); seven barrows (KD022-044----, KD022-080---- to KD022-083---- and KD022-085---- and KD022-086----) lie in an arc W-NNE, less than 250m away, while a second group of six barrows (KD022-087---- and KD023-077---- to KD023-081----) lie between 200m and 400m to the SE. Visible on an aerial photograph (DoD 1999). A very slightly raised, sub circular area (diams. 9.3m N-S; 8.9m E-W; H 0.3m) is defined by a narrow, shallow fosse (Wth 0.6-1.0m; D 0.15m) WSW-SE, and elsewhere by a low scarp (H 0.5m).

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.

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