Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockaulin, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaulin
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.11507, -6.77571
- SMR number
- KD028-038007-
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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
Discovered through archaeological excavation (Wailes 1990 19; Johnson 1990, 26-31) and possibly the earliest evidence of activity on Knockaulin Hill – predating the extensive Iron Age activity and the enclosing of the hilltop to form Dún Ailinne (KD028-038001-). A small Neolithic enclosure comprised a roughly circular ditch (diam. c. 20m) in which was found a hollow scraper and a fragment of a leaf-shaped flint arrowhead. (Waddell 1998, 344)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 15 July 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 200/1954).
References
Johnson, S.A. 1990, The Neolithic and Bronge Age Activity at Dún Ailinne, Co. Kildare, Emania, No 7, 1990, 26-31.
Wailes, B. 1990 Dun Ailinne: a summary excavation report, Emania 7, 10-21.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.