Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curragh (kildare Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curragh (kildare Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Gibbet Rath
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gibbet Rath
- Coordinates
- 53.15224, -6.85982
- SMR number
- KD023-042----
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
On a low rise just W of the Curragh Military Camp, with excellent views over the surrounding area. A large circular area (diam. c. 56m) is enclosed by a very substantial earthen bank (int. H c. 3m; Wth c. 15m; ext. H c. 6m), and a broad outer fosse (Wth c. 6m; D c. 2m), with an entrance at E. The enclosing bank is disturbed by the insertion of several military pill-boxes. (O'Riordáin 1950, 276: Site Y; scaled section N-S 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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- Burialunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.