Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Crowscastle, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crowscastle
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.44825, -6.21533
- SMR number
- DU011-152----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This monument was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 09R0038) and test excavation (Licence no. 10E0028) in advance of the Barryspark Local Area Plan. A ring ditch (13m diam.) was identified c. 160m SE of St Werburgh’s well (DU011-045----). The fill of the annular ditch (2m wide) had unidentified burnt bone inclusions (O’Hara 2010, 16).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 4 February 2015
References
O'Hara, R. 2010 Archaeological assessment, Barrysparks local area plan, Swords Co. Dublin (Licence no. 10E0028). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.