Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castleroe East, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleroe East
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91483, -6.90416
- SMR number
- KD037-049001-
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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
First recorded in July 1990 by Dr. Gillian Barrett in the course of an aerial photographic survey. Aerial photograph (GB90.BT.35) shows cropmark of a large oval enclosure defined by a fosse surrounding the plough-levelled ringfort (KD037-049----) Traces of internal subdivisions are also visible within the large enclosure. Also visible in a 1995 aerial photograph (GB95.FT.13). (Barrett 2002, 1-30: Fig.3; ibid 2006, 69-95: Plate 3.5)
Date of upload: 15 September 2016
References
Barrett, G. 2002 Flights of archaeological air survey in Ireland 1989-2000. Journal of Irish Archaeology 11, 1-30.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.