Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Mooretown (nethercross By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mooretown (nethercross By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.46523, -6.25377
- SMR number
- DU011-146002-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Identified on geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R067) undertaken in advance of proposed development and confirmed by test excavation (Licence no. 08E0303), this monument consists of a ring ditch that was over lain by a fulacht fia (DU011-146001-). Characterised by a V-shaped ditch the ring ditch (12m diam.) is overlain by burnt mound material and truncated by a narrow ditch and associated with several postholes and an irregularly shaped pit (Frazer 2008, 49).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 4 February 2015
References
Frazer, W. 2008 Archaeological test excavation, Mooretown, Swords, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 08E0303). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Water mill - horizontal-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.