Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Ballough, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballough
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53317, -6.20988
- SMR number
- DU008-066----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 on the Northern Motorway in 2002 a linear field ditch was uncovered. This is located in gently sloping ground. This had steep, concave sides and a concave base (L 42.88m, Wth 1.42m, D 0.7m) and ran E-W. The ditch produced burnt and unburnt animal bone, 100 sherds of medieval and post Medieval pottery and blackberry/raspberry seeds (Chapple 2004, 122-123).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 7 January 2015
References
Chapple, R. 2004 Site 17, Ballough. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavationsjin Ireland, 122-3. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.