Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Drinan, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drinan
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.44129, -6.21103
- SMR number
- DU012-092002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
This monument was identified during monitoring (Licence no. 03E1362Ext) in advance of development. Two extended burials orientated E-W were centrally placed within the smaller of two intercutting enclosures dated to the 6th – 7th centuries. They were buried in a supine position with their heads to the W. The skeletons were partially exposed during the topsoil-stripping and were in a poor state of preservation (Moriarity 2005). The monument is preserved within the open space of Holywell housing estate.
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 5 February 2015
References
Moriarty, C. 2005 Archaeological monitoring and excavation, Drinan/Nevinstown East, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 03E1362Ext). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.