Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Tipperkevin, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tipperkevin
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.16879, -6.60402
- SMR number
- KD024-271----
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 pasture, atop high ground with good views in all directions. Curving cropmark (diam. c. 110m) of ditch visible from S-W-N visible on Google Earth orthoimages may represent the remains of a hilltop enclosure. The field boundary at E running N-S represents the townland boundary of Glebe West.
See attached images provided courtesy of Seán Sourke
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Seán Sourke
Date of upload: 6 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.