Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockatippaun, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockatippaun
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.13229, -6.71688
- SMR number
- KD029-001----
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
Approximately circular area (diam. 35m) surrounded by a low earthen bank. It appears to have been cut back at the N. No visible trace of a fosse. Situated in pasture land overlooking the River Liffey.
Date of upload: 6 September 2016
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.