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Recorded monument · KD019-008007 · Co. Kildare

Ecclesiastical enclosure at Kill West, Co. Kildare (KD019-008007)

On the Sites and Monuments Record.

39 planning applications in the last 10 years fall inside this monument’s zone of notification, and 8 An Coimisiún Pleanála cases touch it.

39
in the zone, 10 years
39
in the zone, all years
8
ACP cases in the zone
16
within 100 m, 10 years

Zone of notification 23.35 ha

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Planning applications in the zone of notification 39 applications in the last 10 years

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Appeals in the zone of notification 8 with An Coimisiún Pleanála

Building work started in the zone of notification 28 commencement notices

The record KD019-008007

SMR number
KD019-008007
Class
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Townland
Kill West, Co. Kildare
Named on the OS map
Not indicated
National record
National Monuments Service record for KD019-008007

Kill is likely to have originated in an early monastic foundation (KD019-008002-), and although no visible surface traces survive, the OSL (Herity 2002, 23 (65)) suggest the monastery lay on the site of, or near, the 19th century St John's Church. Bradley et al (1986 vol. 3, 296-8) agree and suggest that the long, sweeping bend in the road, to SW, W and N of the church may reflect the line of an early ecclesiastical enclosure. In 1993, pre-development archaeological test-trenching (Licence no. 93E0059: www.archaeology.ie) led to further testing in 1996 (Licence no. 96E079: www.archaeology.ie) and the discovery of portion of a probable ecclesiastical enclosure. A broad, U-shaped fosse (Wth 4.3m; D 1m) was found running roughly E-W (traceable L c. 25m) c. 45m to the SW of St John's Church, but no associated finds were uncovered. Its presence suggests that the sweeping bend in the road to the SW and W of the church may have been curved to avoid the enclosure's line, or may represent the line of a second, outer enclosing element. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Other records in the same zone

Buildings of Ireland (NIAH) within 100 m

  • 11815019 Saint John's Church (Kill) · Regional rating · 3 m
  • 11815015 house · Regional rating · 98 m

Source: National Monuments Service, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 27 Sept 2026

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