Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lambay Island, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lambay Island
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.49437, -6.03040
- SMR number
- DU009-001029-
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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
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R078) undertaken by The Discovery Programme for the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project, identified an enclosure c. 20m from the Iron Age burials at the harbour (DU009-001012-). The enclosure (c. 40m diam.) is oval in plan (Dowling 2014, 10).
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 Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.