Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Commons Upper, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons Upper
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58498, -6.38622
- SMR number
- DU003-001----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in rough pasture. The site comprises a circular area (int. diam.31m) which is defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.5m) and external fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 2m). The site has been bisected by a field boundary oriented NNE-SSW. No evidence for an entrance or internal features.
On 2005 aerials field to west has been ploughed. From 2009 aerials show visible trace.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 27 October 2014
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.