Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gilltown (Gilltown ED), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gilltown (Gilltown ED)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.10699, -6.72380
- SMR number
- KD029-015----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
At the E end of a narrow, E-W strip of ornamental woodland, in pasture. A large, fairly well-preserved, although tree-covered, roughly circular area (int. diam. 56m; ext diam. 77m) is enclosed by a broad high, earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; Wth 7-8m; ext. H over base of outer fosse 3m) with a narrow level berm (Wth 2m) on its outer face NW-N-NE, and by a shallow outer fosse (Wth 3-5m; D 0.5m). A gap at NE (Wth 5m) may be an enlarged original entrance.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 05 September 2013
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.