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Barrow - ring-barrow

Curragh (Ballysax East ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Curragh, County Kildare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Curragh (Ballysax East ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.13570, -6.79290
SMR number
KD028-081----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Visible on GoogleEarth (accessed 09-03-2012) as a small, possibly raised, circular area (est. diam. c. 10m) enclosed by a fosse and also by a possible low outer bank.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 9 March 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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