Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Lusk, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lusk
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.52480, -6.16922
- SMR number
- DU008-098----
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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
Test-excavation (Licence no. 01E0872Ext) of a greenfield site S of Church road identified a possible portion of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DU008-010006-) and evidence for habitation including ditches, pits, possible hearths and drainage. A bone spindle whorl and iron knife of probable early medieval date and a single sherd of medieval pottery were recovered from stratified layers in defined features indicating long-term settlement in the area. The features have been preserved within the open space of Chapel Farm housing estate (Baker 2001, 24).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 5 February 2015
References
Baker, C. 2001, Report on Archaeological Test Excavation at Lusk Co. Dublin. Licence 01E872EXT. Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.