Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Poppintree (castleknock By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Poppintree (castleknock By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.40666, -6.28935
- SMR number
- DU014-114002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Excavation (Licence no. 05E0644) undertaken at the site in advance of a residential development revealed an oval pit (1.6m x 1m) located 19m NNW of another pit (DU014-114001-). It contained four fills with two distinct layers of burning. A flint scraper was recovered from the fill of the pit suggesting a prehistoric date.
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 6 February 2015
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.