Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Gaganstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gaganstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12099, -6.66606
- SMR number
- KD029-047----
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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
Miscellaneous features post-dated by ridge and furrow cultivation were uncovered during archaeological monitoring of the construction of the Cork-Dublin natural gas pipeline (Cleary, Hurley & Twohig 1987, 5).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 17 September 2013
References
Cleary, R.M., Hurley, M.F. and Twohig, E.A. (eds) 1987 Archaeological excavations on the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline (1981-82). Cork Archaeological Studies No. 1. Department of Archaeology. University College, Cork.
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