Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Deanstown (castleknock By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Deanstown (castleknock By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.39717, -6.36523
- SMR number
- DU013-147----
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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 (12R0111) and excavation (Licence no. 13E134Ext.) in advance of the construction GAA pitches. This monument consisted of three pits filled with burnt mound types deposits. Pit 1 was oval in plan (1.7, x 1.1m ). Pit 2 was circular in plan (1.8m diam.) and Pit 3 oval (1.1m x 0.8m) was associated with a possible trough (2.1m x 1.7m). A sample of hazel from the fill of the trough returned a calibrated date of 1917-1747 BC, dating it to the Early Bronze Age (Coughlan 2013, 4).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 6 February 2015
References
Coughlan, T. 2013 Archaeological excavation final report, National Sports Campus; GAA Pitches, Deanestown, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 13E134Ext). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.