Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Hobartstown West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hobartstown West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.95022, -6.84907
- SMR number
- KD038-015----
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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
Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 61, 62) shows cropmarks of complex of four annular and penannular enclosures (est. max. diams. c. 25m- 35m), probably ring-barrows or ring-ditches, and one sub-rectangular enclosure (est. max. dims. c. 40m N-S x 60m E-W). Other similar sites nearby (KD038-016-018----, KD024-027---, 029----).
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
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.