Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Miltonsfields, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Miltonsfields
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.44800, -6.22646
- SMR number
- DU011-153----
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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
This monument was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R117) and test excavation (Licence no. 09E 0465) as part of the proposed Metro North development. A sub-circular pit (1.2m diam.) contained a charcoal rich fill with heat shattered stone, provisionally interpreted as Bronze Age in date (Fagan 2009, 20).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 4 February 2015
References
Fagan, B. 2009 Assessment Report on the results of Metro North advance archaeological test trenching, testing area 7, Swords Demesne and Miltonsfield townlands, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 09E466). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.