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Moated site

Ardscull, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Ardscull, 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
Ardscull
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.02584, -6.92350
SMR number
KD035-121----

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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

Cropmark of trapezoidal-shaped enclosure or moated site (approx. dims. 46m NW-SE x 43m NE-SW) visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. Faint outline of cropmark visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Cropmark of extensive field system of uncertain antiquity with cropmark of possible medieval roadway in S quadrant of field. The straight linear nature of the field system and the way it cuts across the cropmark of the possible road may suggest a post-1700 date. Ardscull Moat (KD035-010001-) 495m to E.

See attached image taken from Google Earth

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Chris Corlett

Date of upload: 27 November 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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