Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Drumanagh, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumanagh
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.53896, -6.08476
- SMR number
- DU008-094----
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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
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R127) undertaken by the Discovery Programme as part of the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project identified an oval enclosure (42mEW x 30mNS) with what has been interpreted as having a narrow ditch or palisade trench. The survey results in the eastern half of the enclosure suggest the likely presence of burnt material. Two well defined breaks, each measuring c. 5m in width, occur on the NE and SE sides of the enclosure and may reflect original entrances; that on the NE appears to be flanked by pit-type features, possibly post-pits (Dowling 2014, 16).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 4 February 2015
References
Dowling G. 2014 Geophysical Survey at Drumanagh, north Co. Dublin (Licence 12R127). Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.