Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34231, -6.27146
- SMR number
- DU018-020723-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 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)
- 1836 · Dublin (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1900 · Large scale plan of Dublin. (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
- 1908 · Dublin, Ireland 1908 (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Excavations in 1993 uncovered the remains of four phases of earthen bank construction dated to the 10th century (Walsh 2001, 96-107, Clarke 2002, 20). The earliest bank survived as a low mound (H 0.45m, Wth 2.50m) with areas of metalling on top indicative of a pathway. A further bank was constructed on top of the bank and this was associated with a series of gullies and fences. A further fence was erected on the N side of the bank and clay brought in to widen it for a further 2.50m to the S. This was further extended and raised in the late 10th century.
Nearby in the register
- Innunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Mural tower (Historic Town)under 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.