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Pit

Portraine Demesne, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Pit, Portraine Demesne, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Portraine Demesne
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.48538, -6.11938
SMR number
DU012-095003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R029) and test excavation (Licence no. 10E0121) in advance of the Portrane, Donabate and Lusk Waste Water Treatment scheme. Located 20m N of prehistoric habitation (DU012-095001-) this monument consisted of domestic settlement characterised by a series of pits. Radiocarbon analysis from one of the pits returned a Neolithic date (2908-2638 BC cal.) (McQuade 2011, 22).

Compiled by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 5 February 2015

References

McQuade, M. 2011 Final report on archaeological monitoring and excavation, Portrane, Donabate and Lusk Waste Water Treatment Scheme (Licence no. 10E0121). Unpublished report.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.

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