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Earthwork

Killougher, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Killougher, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killougher
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.58888, -6.25834
SMR number
DU004-095----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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 a large arable field the N boundary of which forms the townland boundary with Hazardstown, stream 60m to W which also forms townland boundary. Enclosure (DU004-060----) 580m to NE. Cropmark of two conjoined earthworks (DU004-096/097----) 115m to SSE. Sited on top of low hillock defined by a 200ft contour on Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Positive cropmarks visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 21/07/2021 indicate the presence of a palimpsest of subsurface features, enclosures and linear cropmarks in this large field. In N quadrant of the field there is the cropmark of a sub-rectangular shaped earthwork (ext. dims. 32m E-W x 37m N-S; int. dims. 19m E-W x 15m N-S) defined by two widely spaced cropmarks transected at W by a linear cropmark. Outline of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 21/07/2021. Cropmark of possible levelled moated site.

See attached drone aerial images courtesy of Ian Lennon and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien based on details provided by Ian Lennon

Date of upload: 27 July 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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