Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Shallon (castleknock By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shallon (castleknock By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44609, -6.32462
- SMR number
- DU011-176----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in an large a4rable field c. 280m to the west of a N–S unnamed stream that forms the E boundary of Shallon townland, cropmarks of a circular enclosure are clearly visible on Google Earth imagery (12 July 2013). Another enclosure (DU011-175---) is located adjacent to the SE. The enclosure (ext. diam. c. 46m) is defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.5m).
Compiled by: Tom Condit
Uploaded on: 26 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.