Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Roganstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roganstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.48035, -6.27528
- SMR number
- DU011-155----
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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 site was excavated (Licence no. 09E0465) in advance of a golf course development. It consisted of an irregular burnt spread (3.6 x 5.6m) of charcoal rich silts with fire-cracked limestone and sandstone inclusions within a natural depression (0.37m depth) (Dehaene 2003, 3).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 4 February 2015
References
Dehaene, G. 2003 Assessment Excavation at Roganstown townland, Roganstown integrated tourism and recreational development, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 02E0771). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
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