Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Margaretstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Margaretstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57084, -6.15798
- SMR number
- DU005-055----
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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 low-lying pasture close to St. Movee's burial ground. Discovered while digging foundations for a shed. The remains comprised the lower portion of an unaccompanied inhumation enclosed in a pit lined with limestone slabs. Aligned E-W narrowing at the E end (L1.7m, Wth 0.4m). Probably of Early-Christian date. Three pieces of unworked flint pebbles and a retouched piece were found at the site (Stout 1992, 17-18).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 15 November 2014
References
Stout, G. 1992 Margaretstown: slab-lined grave. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1991: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 17. Bray. Wordwell.
Stout, G. and Stout, M. 1992 Patterns in the past: county Dublin, 5000 BC-1000 AD. in F.H.A. Aalen and K. Whelan (eds), Dublin city and county: from prehistory to Present, 5-14. Dublin. Geography Publications.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.