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Palmerstown Lower, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Palmerstown Lower
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35651, -6.36485
- SMR number
- DU017-025----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a hillock, overlooking the Liffey Valley on the grounds of Stewarts Hospital. A circular raised platform (H 0.8m) defined by a slight bank (H 0.3m). The slightly domed interior is completely overgrown (overall diam. c. 15m). It could possibly be an overgrown tree-ring (Healy 1974, 22).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.