Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Dowdenstown Little, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dowdenstown Little
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15866, -6.61167
- SMR number
- KD024-041----
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
In 1983, an extensive spread of charcoal and burnt clay was uncovered during archaeological monitoring of the construction of the Cork-Dublin natural gas pipeline, and was interpreted as a possible settlement site. Designated ‘Site 8’ Dowdenstown Little. (Cleary et al. 1987, 5).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 06 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.