Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moortowncastle, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moortowncastle
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.09559, -6.80249
- SMR number
- KD028-052----
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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
Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by a partially tree-covered bank. Reported as having been destroyed sometime between 1953 and 1955 (SMR file). On a moderately steep SW-facing pasture slope. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 22 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.