Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Prumpelstown Upper, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Prumpelstown Upper
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.89073, -6.87665
- SMR number
- KD039-030----
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Shown on 4 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 BGH 48, 51) show the cropmarks of parallel fosses, possibly representing two sides of an enclosed rectangular area or an abruptly curving trackway (est. max. dims. c. 120m NW-SE; 70m NE-SW). No visible surface traces.
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
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.