Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Beaconstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beaconstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.93467, -6.91492
- SMR number
- KD037-033----
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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 Taylor's map of County Kildare (1783) as a small circular earthwork. No visible surface trace.
Date of upload: 15 September 2016
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.