Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Rathsillagh Upper, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathsillagh Upper
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05967, -6.87218
- SMR number
- KD032-066----
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 tillage. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid) as the cropmark of a square area (est. L c. 30m NE-SW; est. Wth. c. 30m NW-SE) defined by a back-filled fosse.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 12 November 2014
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.