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Ringfort - rath

Curragh (Kildare ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, 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
Gibbet Rath
Latest-edition OS map
Gibbet Rath
Coordinates
53.15224, -6.85982
SMR number
KD023-042----

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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 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.

Nearby in the register

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

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