What is recorded here

The Curragh is an archaeological complex of prehistoric burial earthworks in County Kildare. It is not a single monument but a landscape of them, each marked and remembered within the same open ground. That is why the area still matters: the dead were not hidden there, they were placed inside the view of the living.

Earthworks which comprises the Archaeological Complex of the Curragh which was a focus of burials in the prehistoric period. This zone was listed as an Archaeological Complex in the Record of Monuments and Places for Co. Kildare published in 1995. This record was listed to cover the archaeological landscape including all the monuments on The Curragh of Kildare. Every individual monument has been assigned an individual monument number. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 4 March 2021

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.