Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Kilkea Upper, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilkea Upper
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.93351, -6.90544
- SMR number
- KD037-037001-
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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
Aerial photograph (CUCAP AVM 7) shows the cropmarks of a small field system, possibly connected with a church (KD037-037002-) and Children's burial ground (KD037-037003-) described by Fitzgerald (1906-08, 120-1) as being located in this area. Two other small field systems (KD037-035---- and KD037-036----) and a circular enclosure (KD037-034----) occur in the immediate vicinity. These features are also visible on a later (1989) aerial photo.
Date of upload: 15 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
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1906-8 The sites of two chapels near Kilkea Castle, [note]. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 5, 120-1.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.