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Enclosure

Narraghmore Demesne, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Narraghmore Demesne, County Kildare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Narraghmore Demesne
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.03043, -6.82706
SMR number
KD032-042----

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David 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Shown on the OS 25-inch map as a D-shaped area (est. diam. c. 45m E-W) with a straight W side (est. L c. 44m N-S) enclosed by a broad bank (est. Wth c. 8m) and a wide outer fosse (est. Wth c. 7m). The monument is annotated ‘Molly Dillon’s Rath’ on a copy of the OS 6-inch map by Fitzgerald (1912-14c, 263). Upon inspection in 1972, the monument was found to have been levelled, a slight depression marking where it once stood (SMR file). The monument is visible as a cropmark on one of Dr. Gillian Barrett’s aerial photos (GB89.AF.36) which also shows the cropmark of a possible associated field system (KD032-042001-).

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 07 November 2013

References

FitzGerald, Lord W. 1912-14, Narraghmore and the Barons of Norragh. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 7, 242-72.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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