Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Balheary, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balheary
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48437, -6.25285
- SMR number
- DU011-166----
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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
Located in large arable field. The S boundary of the field is formed by the Broadmeadow River. The site is located c. 48m SE of another ring-ditch (DU011-167----). The ring-ditch is visible on the Digital Globe coverage (13 July 2013). The site comprises two concentric ring-ditches enclosing a circular central area (int. diam. c. 3.7m). The inner ring-ditch (diam. c. 7.2m) sits within a larger ring-ditch (diam. c. 15.6m overall) with a continuous fosse (Wth c. 2m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditches.
Compiled by: Tom Condit
Uploaded on: 17 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.