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Ringfort - rath

Moone, County Kildare, Ireland

The record

Townland
Moone
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.96618, -6.83514
SMR number
KD038-004----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Shown on the 1835 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure and on 1908 edition as a sub-rectangular enclosure (max diam. c. 25m). Situated on a natural oval glacial hillock. Described in 1955 as a platform defined by a low bank and shallow fosse, with a slight berm and external fosse (overall diam. c. 50m) (Danaher 1955, no. 338). No visible surface trace.

Date of upload: 15 September 2016

References

Danaher, P. 1955 A survey of the antiquities of county Kildare. Unpublished MA thesis, University College, Dublin.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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