Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Longstone, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Longstone
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12639, -6.62776
- SMR number
- KD029-061----
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
In grassland, with adjoining ditch-barrow (KD029-060----) to NE. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 10m) defined by a ditch visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2020. Cropmark of large semi-circular shaped feature to W visible on Google Earth photo of unknown significance. May be the remains of a geomorphological feature rather than the remains of an archaeological feature.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Seán Sourke.
Date of upload: 16 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.