Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Baldrumman, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baldrumman
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.51947, -6.21821
- SMR number
- DU007-072002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
One of two Iron Age ring ditches (see also DU007-076001-) excavated in advance of a service station on the M1 near Lusk (Reg. no. E4030). Ring-ditch 2 (13.5m NW – SE x 12m NE – SW) was oval in shape with a W-facing entrance (2.9m wide). Cremated bone was recovered from the fills of ring-ditch 2 but it was identified as animal rather than human. A radiocarbon date of 60 BC–AD 80 was obtained from a charcoal sample (identified as Ash) recovered from the secondary fill (Russell 2009, 23).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 4 February 2015
References
Russell, I. 2009 Final Report, Archaeological Excavation, M1 South Motorway service Area Scheme-Area West Baldrumman townland, near Lusk, Co. Dublin (Reg. no. E4030). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.