Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Newtownpilsworth, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtownpilsworth
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.89541, -6.92556
- SMR number
- KD039-034----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 53) shows a cropmark of a fosse defining a rectangular enclosure (est. max. dims. c. 40m NE-SW x c. 35m NW-SE) adjacent to a stream shown on the 1835 OS 6-inch map but not associated with any structure or part of the field system.
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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.