Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Kingsbog Or Common, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kingsbog Or Common
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12719, -6.92706
- SMR number
- KD027-043----
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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
In open level, wet, rough pasture. An oval area (int. diams. 32.3m E-W; 23.2. N-S) is defined by a shallow, wet, internal fosse (Wth 3.3-3.8m; D 0.1m) ESE-NW and a low, broad outer bank (Wth 03.6-4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) which is heavily poached by livestock SSE-W. A possible pond-barrow (KD027-042----) lies c. 50m to the WSW and a possible ring-barrow (KD027-044----) lies c. 35m to the SE.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 26 October 2012
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - pond barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.