Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Donabate, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donabate
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.48606, -6.15436
- SMR number
- DU012-082003-
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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. Uncovered at the base of a hill where Donabate church (DU012-005001-) and tower house (DU012-005002-) are located, this was one of two adjacent structures situated on the edge of an early medieval ditch (DU012-082001-). Defined by a rubble-wall collapse, a flagstone floor and the remains of a dry-stone wall (3m E-W) the structure was located immediately E of the second structure (DU012-082002-). Associated with N – S drainage ditches from which a significant quantity of 12th-14th century pottery was recovered (Kavanagh 2011, 14).
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 Unpublished report.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.
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.