Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Belinstown (balrothery West By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belinstown (balrothery West By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.49066, -6.20407
- SMR number
- DU012-068----
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
Identified during pre-development testing on the Airport-Balbriggan Bypass (Lynch 2004, 127). Comprises a circular ring barrow with an entrance at the N and W part of the ring. A deer antler was found directly opposite the W causeway. A deposit of cremated bone was found within the ditch and on the E side of the site. The NE side of the ring-ditch was cut through by five inhumations oriented east-west. Beside these inhumations were four others, oriented north-east/south-west.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Lynch, P. 2003a Final report: Discovery and preservation in situ, Site 16, Corduffhall, Airport-Balbriggan By-Pass Contract 2, Northern Motorway, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 02E038). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Lynch, P. 2003 Final report, Discovery and preservation in situ, Site 7, Richardstown, Airport-Balbriggan By-Pass Contract 2, Northern Motorway, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 02E050). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.