Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Flat cemetery
Balcunnin, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balcunnin
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.56655, -6.14777
- SMR number
- DU005-164----
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
A flat cemetery was identified through test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0799). Located on relatively gently sloping ground the flat cemetery comprises a sub-circular pit (1.45m diam.), a series of possible cremation pits and a cist (Frazer 2007, 34).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 2 February 2015
References
Frazer, W. 2007, Archaeological Assessment & Impact Statement, Phase I, Milverton demesne, Grange,Balcunnin, Ardla & Milverton Demesne townlands, Skerries. Licence 06E0799. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - prehistoricunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.