Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Moortown (Ballysax East ED), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moortown (Ballysax East ED)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.10901, -6.78767
- SMR number
- KD028-092----
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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
Cropmark of possible circular-shaped enclosure or possible ditch barrow (approx. diam. 17m) with possible annexe to E visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018.
See attached image taken from Google Earth
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Pat Reid
Date of upload: 06 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.