Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Fonthill, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fonthill
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.36154, -6.40336
- SMR number
- DU017-081----
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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
Monitoring of a Bord Gaís pipeline revealed a spread of burnt stone and charcoal (L4.2m, Wth 5.4m, D 0.25m) along the bank of the Liffey in 2000. No subsurface trough was found suggesting that an above ground trough was in use (O'Neill 2002, 101).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
O'Neill, J. 2002b Fonthill. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summmary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 101. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.