Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilmartin, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmartin
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42732, -6.39341
- SMR number
- DU013-036----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Aerial photographs (GB89. AF.05 & GB89. AE.07) show cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse and with a small contiguous cellular enclosure on its southern edge. This inner enclosure is surrounded by a widely spaced outer concentric fosse; a curved fosse extends from the outer enclosure suggesting the existence of a contiguous enclosure to the south-east.
The site was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 11R0152) which detected linear features that mirrored the location of the monument but subsequent test excavation (Licence no. 12E0063) failed to identify the features conclusively (Kavanagh 2012, 24).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 20 January 2015
References
Kavanagh, J. 2012 Archaeological Test Excavation report for Development Site, Tyrrellstown, Dublin 15 (Licence no. 12E0063). Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht.
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