Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Collin, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Collin
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.96051, -6.78032
- SMR number
- KD038-008----
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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)
- 1811 · 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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Circular area (diam. 40m) defined by a bank of which slight traces are still visible, and described in 1955 as having a wide fosse and slight outer bank (Danaher 1955, no. 310). Shown on the 1908 OS 6-inch map as S portion of bank. Situated on low ridge in well-drained pasture land
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 Unpublished MA thesis, University College, Dublin.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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.