Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Hallahoise, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hallahoise
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.91685, -6.87776
- SMR number
- KD037-051----
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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
Circular earthen mound, surrounded by a fosse with an external bank (diam. c. 60m) (shown on 1908 OS 6-inch map), the cropmark of an outer enclosure, and a curving field boundary at the S and W which may be part of the original monument. The mound (summit diam. c. 2m) appears to be artificial in origin but has been quarried at the E. Small flagstone, possibly a cist capstone, is exposed on the summit of the mound. Aerial photograph (CUCAP BOC076) shows the cropmark of an additional fosse with an external bank between the enclosure and field boundary, traces of which are visible at ground level (max dims of outer enclosure c. 155m x 116m). Both fosses are shallow (W c. 5m); banks are low and wide (W c. 5m). According to Fitzgerald the site was known locally as 'Dun-fin-yeen' and the central mound was 'said to be chambered' (FitzGerald 1899-1902, 132-3). Situated in gently undulating pasture land, on natural hillock. See also Rathwalkin (KD022-021----) which is a similar unusually large barrow.
See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 14/07/2018
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. 1899-1902 Notes: Three disused townland names in the south of the County Kildare. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological and Historical Society 3, 132-3.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.