Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilmalum, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmalum
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.16669, -6.56818
- SMR number
- KD025-011----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a field of relict cultivation ridges on an ESE-facing slope, just above a small disused quarry. A small rectangular area (15m NW-SE; 13m NE-SW) is defined by a regular, well-preserved bank of earth and stone (int H 0.6m; ext H 1.2m) with an entrance gap (Wth 1m) in NE side, and by a shallow outer fosse (Wth 1m). The interior is slightly raised above surrounding ground level.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 24 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.