Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - Bronze Age
Clonard Or Folkstown Great, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonard Or Folkstown Great
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.60146, -6.20459
- SMR number
- DU005-119002-
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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
One of two structures (see also DU005-119001-) excavated in advance of road construction (Licence no. 08E053). This structure consisted of a concentration of seventeen substantial postholes forming a sub-rectangular structure measuring c. 5.5m NW-SE by c. 8.5, SW/NE. A sandstone hammerstone was recovered from the fill of a posthole. Radiocarbon dating of a sample of alder and hazel charcoal from the posthole fills returned a calibrated date of 978-831 BC indicating a late Bronze Age date for the structure (McLoughlin 2009b, 11).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 2 February 2015
References
McLoughlin, G. 2009b Final report: Archaeological Excavations at Clonard or Folkstown Great, Area 4, Balbriggan Co. Dublin (Licence no. 08E053). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
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- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
- Industrial siteunder 1 mi
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