Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Swordlestown North, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Swordlestown North
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.18488, -6.65625
- SMR number
- KD024-272----
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
Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere; in level pasture and visible on Bing aerial imagery as the cropmark of a circular area (est. diam. c. 30m) of lighter vegetation growth suggesting compacted ground underneath. LiDAR imagery suggests a slightly raised central area. Possibly a levelled barrow or mound.
See attached image: KD024-272----_01 Snip of Bing aerial image with grey LiDAR insert.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 14 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.