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House - early medieval

Lusk, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - early medieval, Lusk, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lusk
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.52448, -6.17951
SMR number
DU008-103003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This site was excavated prior to development of a housing estate (Licence no. 05E0848). One of two structures (see DU008-103002-) located internally to ringfort enclosure (DU008-103001-) this oval structure (6m diam.) had a centrally located hearth with small postholes to either side (Giacometti 2011, 160).

Compiled by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 5 February 2015

References

Giacometti, A. 2011 Reconstructing the human landscape before, during and after the lifespan of a ringfort at Lusk. In Corlett, C. and Potterton, M. (eds.) Settlement in early medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations, 157-68. Wordwell Ltd. Bray.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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