Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Bay, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bay
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.42614, -6.35904
- SMR number
- DU013-046001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The site was subject to geophysical survey (08R017) and excavation (Licence no. E3919) in advance of the construction of the Tyrrelstown to N2 Link Road. This monument consisted of two ditches, a collection of isolated pit features and a deposit of clay (8.65m x 5.65m) containing medieval pottery. The pottery assemblage is locally-produced ware dated to the 13th and 14th centuries AD. While there was no conclusive settlement features it is possibly linked to medieval settlement at the former location of Bay House (DU014-089----) (O’Hara R. 2008, 3).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 6 February 2015
References
O'Hara, R. 2008 Archaeological excavation, Tyrrelstown to N2 (Cherryhound Exchange) Link Road, Bay 1 (Licence no. E3917). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.