Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Newbridge Demesne, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newbridge Demesne
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48348, -6.17820
- SMR number
- DU012-101----
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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
A substantial double ditched enclosure was identified in the course of the Fingal community geophysical survey project What Lies Beneath (Gimson & Garner 2018). A circular enclosure (diam. c.50m) associated areas of burning, ditches and numerous pits was identified. This area was associated with the sixth century St Colman. In the 1830s John O’Donovan of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, recorded that the ruins of St Colman’s church were to the north-west of Lanistown Castle (DU012-004---). The enclosure is traversed by a later linear landscape feature defined by two parallel bank and ditches.
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 8 November 2021
References
Gimson, H. and Garner, U. 2018 Archaeological geophysical Survey (18R0214) undertaken as part of What Lies Beneath: Fingal Geophysical Survey Project Phase II. Earthsound Archaeological Geophysics Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.