Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Grangerosnolvan Upper, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grangerosnolvan Upper
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.96351, -6.88716
- SMR number
- KD037-004----
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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
Shown on the 1909 OS 6-inch map as pennanular oval embankment (max dims. c. 110m NW-SE x c. 80m NE-SW). Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASW 20; AYL 68; BDH 74; BGN 32) show cropmarks of fosses defining approximately circular area (diam. c. 60m) with a kidney-shaped annexe attached at the E, both enclosed within oval area (c. 120m x 95m) defined by cropmark of broad fosse. A ringfort with an annexe, both defended by an outer enclosure.
Date of upload: 8 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.