Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Narraghmore Demesne, County Kildare, Ireland
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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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
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.