Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Thorntown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Thorntown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.47663, -6.32620
- SMR number
- DU011-094002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 2005 a geophysical survey (Licence no. 05R023) of the crest of an elongated ridge under pasture revealed the sub-surface remains of a ring ditch (diam. c. 10m; Clinton, M.2005).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 09 January 2015
References
Clinton, M. 2005 The history and archaeology of the parish of Kilsallaghan. Past, present and future. Kilsallaghan Residents Heritage Association.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.