Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - ringwork
Moone, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moone
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moone Rath
- Coordinates
- 52.97586, -6.83479
- SMR number
- KD036-034001-
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Shown on 5 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
Situated on a hill in well-drained pasture land. An approximately circular, raised area (diam. 37m) with a bank on the periphery, surrounded by a fosse with a low, external bank. The interior contains an 18th century burial (KD036001-).
Mac Niocaill (Aois 1964, 247-9) states there was a castle at Moone by 1223 which functioned as the manorial centre of the settlement. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 3 327-8)
Date of upload: 5 September 2016
Nearby in the register
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.