Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lambay Island, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lambay Island
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.48949, -6.03158
- SMR number
- DU009-001027-
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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. 12R078) undertaken by The Discovery Programme for the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project, identified a series of features at South Point. One of the most striking is an enclosure (50m diam.) defined by a ditch and/or palisade (1m width) N of a series of ring ditches (DU009-001028-) (Dowling 2014, 9).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 5 February 2015
References
Dowling G. 2014b, Geophysical survey at Lambay, north Co. Dublin (Licence no. 12R078). Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.