Rathmore, County Kildare
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Rathmore An Ráth Mhór, Ráith Mór
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 Rathmore
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| Coordinates: 53°13′02″N 6°33′49″W / 53.217222°N 6.563611°WCoordinates: 53°13′02″N 6°33′49″W / 53.217222°N 6.563611°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
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| • Total | 31.4603 km2 (12.1469 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,045 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
Rathmore (Irish: An Ráth Mhór or Ráith Mór), a village, civil parish and District electoral division in County Kildare, Ireland, is located at the western edge of the Wicklow Mountains in the barony of Naas North. The original settlement was at the southwest corner of the English Pale, serving an important function as a border fortress during the medieval period.
Rathmore village is in the townlands of Rathmore East and West, 5 km northwest of Blessington. The civil parish of Rathmore is 7744 statute acres, containing the following townlands:
1816 -Cowreen Hill
1536 - Newtown
1654 - Newtown O'More
1816 - Slatequarries
Rathmore borders with the parishes of Kilbride and Blessington in County Wicklow to northeast and southeast; the boundary extends along the N81 Road and the old coach road between Hempstown and Crosscoolharbour. To northwest, west and south it borders the Kildare parishes of Kilteel and Kill, Tipper and Tipperkevin.
Cist burials of possible Bronze Age date were excavated within the motte in 1893-1894; the mound may contain an early Bronze Age tumulus. A bronze bracelet was recovered near the motte in 1905. Newtownpark contains a ring-barrow of Bronze Age date, a Bronze Age cist burial was excavated in Hempstown Commons in 1950, and a cinerary urn burial of Late Bronze Age date was excavated in Athgarrett in 1983.Iron Age cremated remains were recovered within a pit-burial a short distance west of the motte in 1998.
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