Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Grange (coolock By., Malahide Ed), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (coolock By., Malahide Ed)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42951, -6.15497
- SMR number
- DU015-005----
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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
Located under glasshouses west of Grange House. This platform ringfort comprised a circular raised area (diam. 40m; H 2m) with slight traces of a bank around the perimeter (Wth 8m, H c. 0.6m) and an external fosse at the base (Wth 10m; D 0.5m). There was an entrance ramp in SE (Wth 3m). The site is cut by a drain along the W section (Healy 1975, 16). No visible remains.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 24 January 2015
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.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.