Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Bishopsland (ballymore Eustace Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bishopsland (ballymore Eustace Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.12621, -6.60746
- SMR number
- KD029-012----
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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
In a small patch of mixed woodland which has been partially cleared and new trackways run through. A poorly preserved, irregularly shaped, grass-covered mound (14m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE; H 1.4-1.8m.). In 2000, archaeological trial trenching of the mound (Excavation Licence No. 00E0909: Stevens 2001a, 1-35) in advance of the expansion of the adjoining Dublin Corporation water treatment plant to the E led the excavator to conclude that the area in general had been subject to modern truncation through quarrying and backfilling and that the mound appeared to have been truncated beyond all recognition. No evidence of any residual archaeological material was found.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 04 September 2013
References
Stevens, P. 2001a Archaeological Assessment Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Works, Bishopsland, Co. Kildare. Unpublished report. (Excavation Licence No. 00E0909) National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Dublin.
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