Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Coolroe, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolroe
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99504, -7.02385
- SMR number
- KD034-045----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (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
Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. Visible on Google Earth imagery (11-8-2022) in level tillage as a large rectangular area (L c. 50m NNE-SSW; Wth c. 40m) defined by the cropmark of a narrow fosse, with a possible entrance gap at the enclosure’s SSW end. The WNW side is defined by a later field boundary and drain.
See attached image: KD034-045----_01 Snip of Google earth image (11-8-2022).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 31 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.