Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castleroe East, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleroe East
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.91483, -6.90416
- SMR number
- KD037-049----
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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 a circular area surrounded by a bank (max diam. c. 65m). No visible surface trace. According to Fitzgerald, James McRoberts of Castleroe was buried in the centre of monument in 1768 (FitzGerald 1899-1902, 249, 51). Described in 1955 as a slightly raised area enclosed by an earthen bank (Danaher 1955, no. 280), and the presence of McRoberts' tombstone is also noted. An aerial photograph (G. Barrett GB90.BT.35) shows the cropmark of a large oval enclosure (KD037-049001-) defined by a fosse surrounding the plough-levelled ringfort with traces of internal subdivisions within this outer enclosure.
Date of upload: 15 September 2016
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1899-1902 William FitzGerald of Castleroe, and his tomb in the Kilkea Churchyard. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 3, 229-53.
Danaher, P. 1955 A survey of the antiquities of county Kildare. Unpublished MA thesis, University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.