Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Battlemount, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Battlemount
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02522, -6.83881
- SMR number
- KD036-001----
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
Aerial photograph (CUCAP BOC 53) shows a cropmark of a fosse defining a circular enclosure (est max diam. c. 35m). The monument is also visible on a later (1989) aerial photo (GB89.AG.02).
Date of upload: 5 September 2016
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.