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Mound

Greenhills (Newbridge Rural ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mound, Greenhills, 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
Greenhills (Newbridge Rural ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.14883, -6.75305
SMR number
KD023-032----

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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

In trees at the W edge of a short N-S ridge with a steep slope immediately to the W, and overlooking the River Liffey some 400m to the SW. A low, grass covered, circular mound (diam. 10m; H. 1.4m) was archaeologically excavated in advance of the proposed construction of the Kilcullen Link Motorway Scheme (Keeley 1991, 170-1). The stratigraphy consisted of layers of sod, sand and clay, with old ground surface visible as a band of greyish decayed sod and humic soil. Seven sherds of ceramic were recovered from a depression on the old ground surface: a well-fired red ware with traces of a green mottled glaze on the outer surface, medieval in date. A very similar looking mound (KD023-033----) lies c. 140m to the SE

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 30 May 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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