Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Hampton Demesne, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hampton Demesne
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59494, -6.17699
- SMR number
- DU005-006002-
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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
Situated on on relatively flat land under tillage. An aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGL 4) shows a cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). It has an opening in the SSE and is probably the site of a ringfort. Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 7 November 2014
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.