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Townland

Usk

Uisce

A small circular cropmark adds an archaeological feature to the townland’s record.

Recorded locationUsk53.06549° N · 6.74890° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

uiscewater

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Uisce · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Usk · English · main form

Place & story

A circular trace

The National Monuments Service records a ring-ditch in Usk, visible as a circular cropmark on aerial imagery taken on 28 June 2018. Its approximate diameter is six metres. The entry was compiled by Caimin O’Brien from details supplied by Seán Sourke and uploaded in April 2021. It gives no date or established function for the feature. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kildare
Civil parish
Usk
Coordinates
53.06549, -6.74890
Mapped area
2.29 km²
Logainm ID
26111 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

118People recorded
25Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Keogh 16
  • Connor 15
  • Litchfield 11
  • Gorman 8
  • Archbold 7
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Usk. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Usk ring-ditch, KD032-091, uploaded20April2021 · Caimin O’Brien, National Monuments Service, based on details supplied by Seán Sourke
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2018-04-03. How this page was prepared.