Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quarry
Knockbrack, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbrack
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Quarry
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.57269, -6.24154
- SMR number
- DU004-125----
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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
Semi-circular-shaped quarry (approx. diam. 20m) transected at S by a field boundary running E-W, access roadway to W, as depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map. Small historic quarry (DU004-126----) 145m to NNE. Hachured as a hollowed area on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map and on the 25-inch OSi map. No surface remains visible of filled in quarry on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.