Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Robswalls, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Robswalls
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44396, -6.13314
- SMR number
- DU012-065----
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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
Monitoring of topsoil removal identified a burnt stone and charcoal spread (L 4m, Wth 3m, D 0.1m). Some tiny fragments of burnt bone were recovered during the excavation (O Neill 2004, 184).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
O'Neill, J. 2004 Robswalls, Site 1. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summmary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 184. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.