Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Balscaddan, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balscaddan
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60371, -6.22189
- SMR number
- DU004-003----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in low-lying, poorly drained pasture. An aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGL 6) taken in 1971 shows a cropmark of a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) with a levelled field bank radiating from the N. Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by Christine Baker
Date of upload: 24 October 2014
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.