Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kinsaley, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kinsaley
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.43525, -6.16210
- SMR number
- DU012-071----
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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 circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). This site was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 14R0031) and test excavation (Licence no. 14E0165). The enclosure ditch has a maximum width of 3.65m and depth of 1.3m. Within the enclosure are spreads, linear features, pits and postholes. A spread of burnt st one and a possible pit were identified outside the enclosure. The site will be preserved in situ with a 20m buffer zone. Excavation of features outside the buffer zone (Nelis 2014).
Compiled by: David O’Connor
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 18 January 2015
References
Nelis, D. 2014 Archaeological Test Trenching Report, Kinsealy Lane, Kinsealy townland, Malahide, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 14E0165). Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.