Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Beaverstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beaverstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48615, -6.15267
- SMR number
- DU012-067----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
An archaeological assessment in 2002 revealed a section of curvilinear ditch (L 15m, Wth 1.3m, D0.5-0.7m which produced Beaker pottery. Three features were revealed within the confines of the enclosure including a pit 0.4m in diameter and 0.2m deep which contained a small amount of burnt bone (Hagen, I 2006, 117).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Hagen, I. 2002, Final Report, Archaeological assessment, Portraine Graveyard. Licence 02E1451. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.