Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Kilmartin, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmartin
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.42999, -6.39179
- SMR number
- DU013-038----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · 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
Aerial photograph (GB89. AE.12) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch. The site was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 11R0152) and subsequent test excavation (Licence no. 12E0063). No features of archaeological significance were noted but the water table is quite high in this area (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 Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.