Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Forrest Great, County Dublin, Ireland
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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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
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
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Innunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.