Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Balcurris, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balcurris
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.40656, -6.27697
- SMR number
- DU014-022----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
An aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDQ 69) showed a cropmark of a roughly circular, single-ditched enclosure (diam. c. 30m) in low-lying pasture. There is an opening in the ESE. Not visible at ground level. The site was subject to archaeological assessment (lLicence no. 07E0761) but no archaeological features identified. It was surmised that the cropmark was either a geological feature or in a different location. Subsequent monitoring found no archaeological features. Now IKEA.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.