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Ringfort - unclassified

Forrest Great, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Forrest Great, 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
Forrest Great
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.43947, -6.26435
SMR number
DU011-043----

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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

Situated on level grassland. This site was formerly a platform type ringfort (diam. c. 50m) with a waterlogged external fosse (Healy 1975, 23). It's southeastern quadrant has been truncated by works associated with Dublin airport but the majority of the ringfort is visible as a crop mark on the Bird'sEye viewer of Bing.

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Updated by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 09 January 2015

References

Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.

Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.

Nearby in the register

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

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