Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt pit
Lusk, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lusk
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52745, -6.16586
- SMR number
- DU008-065----
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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
During monitoring of a residential development in Lusk in 2002 a sub-circular pit was uncovered. It had steep sloping sides (L 1.1m E-W, Wth 0.92m N-S, D 0.35m) and contained a Grooved Ware pot, flint waste flakes and a small quantity of bone (Mc Cabe 2004, 176).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
McCabe, S. 2004 625. Lusk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 175. Bray. Wordwell.
McCabe, S. 2004 Report on archaeological excavation Phase 2, Ministers road, Lusk, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 01E1113). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
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- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.