Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Oldkilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldkilcullen
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.11173, -6.76326
- SMR number
- KD028-093----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The partial curving cropmark of an enclosure is visible on Google earth aerial imagery taken 28/06/2018.
See attached image of Google Earth photograph which shows partial cropmark of the enclosure based on information supplied by Edward O'Riordan
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan
Date of upload: 20 February 2019
References
NLI, MS 21 F. 34 / (28) National Library of Ireland, A map of several parcels of ground call'd the Bell lands of Kilcullen, in the County of Kildare part of the estate of the Prebendaries & Vicars of Christ Church Dublin let to [illegible]. Survey'd by J.L. 1809. Table of reference showing tenants names & area of holdings. Longfield Map Collection. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.