Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Castlereban South, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlereban South
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02297, -7.03347
- SMR number
- KD034-028----
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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
The cropmark of a ring-ditch was identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett on 30 May 1990. Subsequently, in 1998, archaeological monitoring of groundworks (excavation licence no. 98E0166) was undertaken in compliance with a condition attached to the grant of planning permission to develop a playing field and associated structures. Groundworks associated with the development included the stripping of topsoil in the area of the proposed buildings and carpark, the removal of a field boundary and the reduction of ground levels over a high area of the proposed playing field. No features of archaeological interest were discovered during the course of this work, but several sherds of medieval pottery were recovered from the topsoil.
Revised entry compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of revised upload: 27 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.