Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Stephenstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stephenstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.59823, -6.20007
- SMR number
- DU005-052001-
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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
In the vicinity of a souterrain (DU005-052001-) excavations in 2005 revealed a hearth and three postholes were uncovered (05E0098). Further investigations uncovered a bivallate ringfort (DU005-115) and associated sub-rectangular field system, part of which was excavated and dated 7th-10th centuries AD (Kavanagh, 2011). prehistoric, medieval and post-medieval activity also recorded in the vcinity.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 15 November 2014
References
Kavanagh, H. 2011 Final Report: Archaeological excavation of development at Folkstown Great or Clonard, area 6, Balbriggan. Licence 07E0836Ext. Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.