Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34390, -6.30711
- SMR number
- DU018-302----
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 LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1960 human remains were discovered during construction work at St. John's Road, near Islandbridge. The bones were discovered in buff coloured soil below the road surface. The remains lay extended with the head to the east (D 0.46m) (NMI, Cahill & Sikora, 2011, 470).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload; 25 February 2013
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Barracksunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.