Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Hughstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hughstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94455, -6.75000
- SMR number
- KD038-025002-
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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
Small tumulus (diam. 9m; downslope H. 2m; upslope H. c. 0.5m) situated on the line of the inner rampart at the W of the hillfort (KD038-025001-), at the highest point of the hill.
Date of upload: 15 September 2016
Nearby in the register
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.