Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Gorteenvacan, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteenvacan
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gorteen Mound
- Coordinates
- 52.87888, -6.87321
- SMR number
- KD040-029001-
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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
This site may represent the site of Gorteenvacan Castle (KD040-029----). Visible as a distinct cropmark of a mound surrounded by a narrow fosse on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGH 44). No visible surface traces.
Date of upload: 8 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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.