Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Dunsink, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunsink
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.38819, -6.35275
- SMR number
- DU014-032----
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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
On a knoll. Comprises a large irregularly shaped mound (diam c. 20m, H 3m). A curvilinear feature attached to this mound was investigated in 1994 and proved to be of modern construction (Keeley 1995; Healy 1975, 27).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.