Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cremation pit
Drinan, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drinan
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.45008, -6.20165
- SMR number
- DU012-094001-
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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 excavated (Licence no. 04E1604) in advance of development. A multi-period site, the earliest phase was identified as a single pit (0.5m diam.) that yielded over 70 sherds of Western Neolithic pottery alongside fragments of burnt bone (Halliday 2008, 21).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 5 February 2015
References
Halliday, S. 2008 Final excavation report, ‘Site A', Mountgorry, Drinan, Swords Co. Dublin (Licence no. 04E1604). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.