Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Bay, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bay
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.42340, -6.36278
- SMR number
- DU013-045001-
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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
Excavated (Licence no. E3918) in advance of the construction of the Tyrrelstown to N2 Link Road, this monument consisted of an annular ring ditch (4.2m int. diam.). The interior contained a deposit of charcoal and cremated bone (0.3m diam.) placed slightly off-centre within the enclosing ditch. Charcoal from this deposit was identified as hazel while charred barley grains could indicate food offerings placed on the pyre. It was radiocarbon dated to the Middle Bronze Age, 1370-1110BC (O’Hara R. 2008, 3).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 6 February 2015
Nearby in the register
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.