Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Walshestown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Walshestown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55668, -6.22196
- SMR number
- DU004-069----
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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
A series of irregular shaped enclosures attached to one another visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). This site was subject to geophysical survey (05R062) which identified extensive remains 60m EW x 130m NS. Site is located on a natural rise in a sheltered position adjacent to a river to the south. No visible remains.
Compiled by: David O’Connor
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 6 November 2014
References
Harrison, D & Leigh, J. 2005, Fingal Landfill geophysical survey. Licence 05R062. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.