Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Newtown (coolock By., Finglas Ed), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (coolock By., Finglas Ed)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42174, -6.31154
- SMR number
- DU014-007----
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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
Situated on a slight rise in a large open field of tillage. An oval-shaped, single-ditched enclosure (max. dims. L 33m; Wth. 30m ) appears as a cropmark on a Cambridge aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGM 68). Visible on Bing (Viewed 22 January 2015). Entrance to the east. Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 22 January 2015
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.