Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castleroe West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleroe West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.90817, -6.91148
- SMR number
- KD039-003----
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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 BGN051) shows a cropmark of fairly large kidney-shaped enclosure (est. max dims c. 60m N-S x c. 40m E-W) defined by fosse with smaller circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 30m) within outer enclosure but not concentric.
Dr. Gillian Barrett's aerial photographs (GB89.R.08 and GB.91.EL.22) show the cropmark of an oval enclosure defined by a fosse. A sub-circular enclosure defined by a narrow fosse is located off-centre in the northern segment of the main enclosure. Three possible pits are located within the inner enclosure. (Barrett 2002, 1-30 Fig.3).
Date of upload: 6 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
Barrett, G. 2002 Flights of archaeological air survey in Ireland 1989-2000. Journal of Irish Archaeology 11, 1-30.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.