Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Darcystown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Darcystown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.58253, -6.18757
- SMR number
- DU005-136----
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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
A ring ditch (12.4m diam.) was excavated (Licence no. 04E0741) in advance of development. Located just over 200m southwest of flat cemetery (DU005-131----), the ring ditch was characterised by the deposition of two concentrations of prehistoric pottery and cremated bone-a total of 697 sherds of pottery, equivalent to at least nineteen Late Bronze age vessels. A calibrated radiocarbon date of 1010-810 BC was recovered from a context that contained 141 pottery sherds, cremated bone and animal bone (Carroll et al. 2008, 72).
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
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.