Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
Robswalls, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Robswalls
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.43835, -6.13160
- SMR number
- DU012-037----
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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
A major assemblage of flint artifacts and a stone axe found during systematic field collecting and excavation on Paddy's Hill in the early 1980s. A total of 2, 809 artifacts were classified from the site (Keeley 1989-90, 65-80, Keeling and Keeley 1994, 1-24). These included cores, blades, arrowheads and scrapers. They range in date from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age, the most frequently occurring finds being Neolithic in date (Flanagan 1984, 12-18). The only structural evidence was two pits, the contents of which, produced dates of 4120+70 cal. BC and 4040+70 cal. BC.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Flanagan, N. 1984 Malahide: past and present. Malahide. Privately published.
Keeling, D. and Keeley, V. 1994 Excavation of a flint scatter on Paddy's Hill (Robswalls) Malahide, County Dublin. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 4C, 1-24.
Keeley, 1989-90 Taylors Grange. (The Brehon's Chair). Journal of Irish Archaeology 5, 74.
Nearby in the register
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.