Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Tankardstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tankardstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.92093, -6.76622
- SMR number
- KD038-049----
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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
Approximately rectangular area (dims. 27m N-S x c. 27m E-W) surrounded by a low earthen bank (Wth. 2.5m; H. 0.5m) which rises at each corner (H. 1m). Surrounded by a fosse which is disturbed at the W side. The original entrance is possibly at the W side. There are traces of a mud cabin visible abutting the bank at the SE. Danaher (1955, no. 329) describes traces of an outer bank at the E, W, and S.
Date of upload: 16 September 2016
References
Danaher, P. 1955 A survey of the antiquities of county Kildare. Unpublished MA thesis, University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.