Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Drumnigh, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumnigh
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41265, -6.15069
- SMR number
- DU015-119----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A circular ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Geophysical survey (Licence no. 14R001) confirmed the presence of a ring ditch (c.12.5m diam.) as did subsequent test excavation (Licence no. (14E0007) It will be preserved in situ within green space of development.
Compiled by: David O’Connor
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 28 January 2015
References
Walsh, F. 2014 Archaeological Assessment at Drumnigh, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 14E0007). Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.