Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Graney West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graney West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.90347, -6.79985
- SMR number
- KD040-076----
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
Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. Visible on Google Earth imagery (11-8-2022) in level pasture as a large oval area (max. diam. c. 58m N-S; c. 44m E-W) defined by the cropmark of a wide (Wth c. 2-5m) fosse. Approximately 100m to the NE, three Early Bronze Age graves (KD040-011----) were excavated in 1953.
See attached image: KD040-076----_01 Snip of Google earth image (11-8-2022).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 31 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.