Mound in Leixlip Demesne

An undated (late-18th/19th C) Estate Map (Ms 21.F.37 (131-171) map 157) in the National Library of Ireland shows a mound, skirted along the N by a curving field boundary, near the W bank of the River Liffey. It is not shown on any ed. of the OS 6-inch map, but the curving boundary is recorded on both the 1st ed.(1838) and latest ed. (1939). In a narrow strip of old woodland bordering the river with level pasture to W and N. A very overgrown, low, almost circular earthen mound (basal diams. 22.9m N-S; 21.7m E-W; H 1.5m at N - 2m at S) has a level upper surface (diams. 8.9m N-S; 8.4m E-W). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011