Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Dunsink, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunsink
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38960, -6.33790
- SMR number
- DU014-033001-
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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
Two sections of passage of a possible rock-cut souterrain were exposed during drainage operations around 1978 (L 12m; H 1.2-1.67m; Wth 0.7-0.8m). Excavations in 1981 (ÓhEailidhe 1982) produced two hammerstones (Clinton 198, 123-4).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Ó hÉailidhe, P. 1982 Final report on the excavation of an earthwork and underground rock-cut passage at Dunsink, Co. Dublin. Dublin. Unpublished.
Clinton, M. 1998 The souterrains of County Dublin. In C. Manning (ed.), Dublin and beyond the Pale: studies in honour of Patrick Healy, 117-28. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 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.