Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Darcystown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Darcystown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.58300, -6.18575
- SMR number
- DU005-134----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This area was excavated (Licence no. 03E0067) in advance of development. Located towards the south-W limit of a field that also contains a flat cemetery (DU005-131---) and cremations pits (DU005-135001-; DU005-135002-) this area encompassed seven burnt spreads, five pits, one curvilinear trench and a linear feature. Charcoal from a pit was radiocarbon dated yielding a date range of 1310-1040 BC placing at least some of the activity in the Late Bronze Age (Carroll et al. 2008, 33).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 2 February 2015
References
Carroll, J. Ryan, F. and Wiggins, K. 2008 Archaeological excavations at Glebe South and Darcystown, Balrothery, Co. Dublin. Balrothery Excavations Volume 2. Environmental Publications. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.