Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Merryfalls, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Merryfalls
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41623, -6.28451
- SMR number
- DU014-123----
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
This monument was identified from geophysical survey (Licence no. 09R195) and confirmed by test excavation (Licence no. 10E0459) as part of the proposed Metro West development. It is a circular enclosure (30m diam.) characterised by a U-shaped ditch (1.1m-2.2m wide by 0.45m deep). Although undated its form, size and shape are consistent with that of a severely truncated early medieval ringfort (O’Donovan 2010, 16).
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Apple Maps orthoimage
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 22 December 2022
References
O'Donovan, E. 2010 Assessment report on results of Metro West, testing area 1, Kildonan townland, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 10E0462). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.