Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Davidstown Demesne, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Davidstown Demesne
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94696, -6.77432
- SMR number
- KD038-022----
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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 photograph (CUCAP ASU 54) shows a cropmark of two almost superimposed circular enclosures of similar size (est. max. diam. c. 35m). Situated on fairly steep S facing slope, c. 30m to E of enclosure KD038-021----. Described in 1955 as a ringfort with two banks and a broad fosse (Danaher 1955, no. 285).
Date of upload: 15 September 2016
References
Danaher, P. 1955 A survey of the antiquities of county Kildare. Unpublished MA thesis, University College, Dublin.
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
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.