Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement cluster
Mooretown (nethercross By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mooretown (nethercross By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.46515, -6.24412
- SMR number
- DU011-149----
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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
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R067) undertaken in advance of proposed development identified a series of linear features. Test excavation (Licence no. 08E0303) confirmed the remains of a small medieval settlement or farmstead, with associated boundary ditches, pits and spreads. It consists of ENE-WSW L-shaped row of sub-rectangular yards or tofts, delimited by boundary ditches atop a slight raised platform. Surviving building remains are concentrated in the S quadrant with a yard and back lane to the N. To the S slightly downslope is a metalled hollow trackway (80m long x 5m wide) running parallel to the tofts. The settlement appears to date primarily from the late 12th – 14th centuries AD, with less intensive occupation either extending into, or resettled during, the 16th – 17th centuries. The settlement may be the remains of a manor farm or grange for Mooretown (Frazer 2008, 58).
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 Unpublished report.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.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.