Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Kilmahuddrick, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmahuddrick
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.32519, -6.43362
- SMR number
- DU017-080----
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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
Geo-physical survey and test trencing in 2000 revealed a ring barrow. This was located in a slightly elevated position. It comprises a ditch (Wth 2.5m, D 1.6m) which encloses a maximum area of 13m. Fragments of a human skull was found in the upper fill of the ditch. A 'cist-like structure' was exposed in the northern quadrant of the ditch. Cremated bone associated with Early Bronze Age pottery and a bead were found within the interior of the enclosing ditch. Soil samples from the ditch contained remains of barley, wheat, oats and evidence for hazel, haw and sloe (Doyle 2002, 75-6).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Doyle, I. 2002a 6 Mary's Abbey, Dublin. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 90-91. Bray. Wordwell.
Doyle, I. 2002b Davis Place, (off Francis St.) Dublin. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 84-5. Bray. Wordwell.
Doyle, I. 2002c Kilmahuddrick (Grange Castle International Business Park), Clondalkin. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 75-6. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.