Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lanestown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lanestown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47886, -6.17114
- SMR number
- DU012-006----
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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
Situated on a slight E-W ridge which is under tillage. An aerial photograph taken in 1970 (CUCAP, BDS 46) shows a roughly circular cropmark of a single-ditched enclosure (diam. c. 50m). Possibly a levelled ringfort. Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 16 January 2015
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.