Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.37986, -6.17525
- SMR number
- DU015-082003-
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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
Trial excavations were undertaken in June 1996, directly opposite the ruins of a medieval church (DU015-082001-) and about 20m north of the pear-shaped enclosure of the medieval church. This revealed a V-shaped feature which may possibly be a truncated ditch. It was c. 1.15m below ground level at the base. It is similar in shape to, a ditch found by Leo Swan during roadworks in 1970. This ditch was interpreted by Swan as being the outer enclosure ditch of the medieval ecclesiastical site of Raheny. However, the area in which the ditch was found was important historically throughout the medieval period, and there are other boundary and defence features of which such a ditch could form a part. Both medieval and post-medieval pottery were found in disturbed layers adjacent to the feature (Carroll 1996).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Carroll, J. 1996 Bully's Acre, Ballinalee. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 56. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.