Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castledermot
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91112, -6.83764
- SMR number
- KD040-002045-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In 1995, archaeological trial trenching (O’Donovan 1996. Excavation Licence No. 95E0265) in advance of a proposed Local Authority development revealed a segment of a substantial ditch and some 36 medieval pits (KD040-002044-). The ditch (Wth 2m; min. D 2m) ran N-S (traced L c. 25m) parallel to Main St. and produced pottery dating to the 13th or 14th-century. The presence of silt implies that it once carried water and suggests that it may have functioned as a defensive feature.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 15 January 2013
References
O'Donovan, E. 1996. Archaeological assessment of a proposed development site at Main Street, Castledermot, Co. Kildare. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.