Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Knockbrack, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbrack
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57235, -6.25949
- SMR number
- DU004-082----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a large arable field on Knockbrack Hill, this ring-ditch is part of a palimpsest of field systems and enclosures. The ring-ditch is located within the NW quadrant of the Knockbrack ceremonial enclosure (DU004-012006-), c. 65m NW of the summit of the hill (H 586ft OD) where a barrow (DU004-0120067-) is located. The ring-ditch is clearly visible on Apple Maps (June 2018). It comprises a circular feature (ext. diam. c. 16m) defined by a ditch (Wth. <1m) that is clearly visible along the SE and NW perimeters in the above aerial imagery.
Compiled by: Tom Condit
Uploaded on: 22 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.