Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Donabate, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donabate
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.48603, -6.15431
- SMR number
- DU012-082001-
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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
This monument was excavated (Licence no. 08E0155) in advance of road widening. Three phases of archaeological activity were identified, the earliest of which was a wide linear ditch (exposed for 99m E-W) that ran along the base of the hill where Donabate church (DU012-005001-) and tower house (DU012-005002-) are located. Radiocarbon analysis of a sample of animal bone from the ditch fill returned an early medieval date (661-778 cal. AD). The second phase consisted of structures (DU012-082002-), drainage ditches and pits dated to the 13th – 14th centuries. An E-W ditch cut into the early medieval ditch and returned a later medieval date from an animal bone sample (1429-1473 cal. AD). The final phase consisted of a post-medieval circular building with a substantial stone footing (interpreted as a possible dovecote), ditches and a metalled path (Kavanagh 2011, 32).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 5 February 2015
References
Kavanagh, H. 2011a Archaeological excavation at Turvey Avenue, Donabate, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 08E0155). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
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