Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Finglas West, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Finglas West
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- DU014-066013-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Excavations in 1994 at Mellows Road revealed a section of ditch (Wth 8m, D 2m) associated with a bank (Wth 7m, D 0.5m) which may be part of an ecclesiastical enclosure associated with St. Canice's (McConway 1997, 33-34). Further excavations in 1996 on the site of the Spanish Convent revealed a gully, pits and a section of fosse running east-west (Wth 2m, D 1.2m). This fosse may have been part of the medieval precinct boundary around St Canice's church (McConway 1997, 33-34).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
McConway, C. 1997d Spanish Convent, Finglas. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1996: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 33-4. Bray. Wordwell.