Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Coldwinters (balrothery East By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coldwinters (balrothery East By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50185, -6.19988
- SMR number
- DU008-064----
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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
Excavations (Licence no. 99E0548) in 2001 on the Airport-Balbriggan Northern Route revealed substantial remains of a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) which was defined by a ditch (Wth 2.45m, d 1-1.5m). It contained animal bones, flint and iron slag. It enclosed three smaller ditches within which were six human burials. All were aligned E-W with their heads to the W. All were extended, inhumations with no grave goods. A sub-rectangular ditch running from the edge of the large enclosing ditch contained a single human burial within a slab-lined grave. Date uncertain (Opie 2003, 89).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 07 January 2015
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.