Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Kilkea Lower, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilkea Lower
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.95639, -6.87653
- SMR number
- KD037-014----
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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
Small earthen mound (diam. 11m; H. 2m). Aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 27) shows cropmarks of drains, fields and possible trackways in an area to the S and W of the monument. Situated on a low ridge. Described in 1955 as having traces of a fosse (Danaher 1955, no. 302).
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
Danaher, P. 1955 A survey of the antiquities of county Kildare. Unpublished MA thesis, University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.