Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Dunsink, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunsink
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39335, -6.33994
- SMR number
- DU014-026----
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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
In a low-lying riverside location. An aerial photograph (FSI 0.148\9) shows a cropmark of a possible ring-ditch (diam. c. 15m). This area was investigated in 1991 but failed to produce any archaeological deposits. Prior to these investigations the site had been stripped of topsoil and the evidence removed (Keeley 1991, 16).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Keeley, V. 1992 Dunsink cropmark. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1991: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. 16, Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.