Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Westown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Westown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57488, -6.29605
- SMR number
- DU004-087----
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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 towards the S boundary of a large arable field, c. 1.23km SSE of the Delvin River, which forms the Dublin/Meath boundary, and c. 922m SE of a barrow in Westown (DU004-005----). Positive cropmarks visible on Apple Maps coverage (June 2018) indicate the presence of a palimpsest of subsurface features, enclosures and linear cropmarks. The main enclosure is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 37m) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2m). There is no clear indications of a gap through the ditch. To the N and W of the enclosure are other linear and curvilear features, some of which may form smaller associated enclosures.
Compiled by: Tom Condit
Uploaded on: 27 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.