Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rallekaystown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rallekaystown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54942, -6.15396
- SMR number
- DU008-114----
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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
Located on the SSW facing slopes of a broad WNW-ESE running ridge, known locally as 'Seaver's Hill , with very extensive views E towards the sea, S to the Dublin mountains, and W along the ridge. Views to the N somewhat restricted by higher ground. Situated centrally in a large arable field c. 23m E of the road between Lusk and Skerries, and c. 96.5m ESE of the centre of a ring-ditch (DU008-113----) to other side of this road. A trapezoidal enclosure with the longer side to the N (ext. diam. c. 42.5m NNE-SSW and c. 37.5m WNW- ESE) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2.7m). Within the interior, attached to the centre of the E perimeter, is a sub-rectangular enclosure (ext. dims. c. 7.8m), which may represent an entrance feature.
Identified on the Digital Globe mapping by Christine Baker and Anthony Murphy, appearing as a crop-mark.
Image taken from Google Pro 26 June 2018.
Compiled by: Margaret Keane
Uploaded on: 4 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.