Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Howth, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Howth
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- post office signal post
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tumulus
- Coordinates
- 53.37555, -6.07662
- SMR number
- DU019-004001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the NW end of a natural knoll known as 'Dun Hill' which has been enclosed in antiquity (DU019-004002-). This is a circular denuded cairn (diam 14m; H 1.5m) which incorporates a cist-like structure (L 0.8m; W 0.89m; D 0.5m). The latter is indicated as 'post office signal post' on the 1843 edition of the OS 6-inch map and may not be original (Westropp 1922, 58-9). This cairn was apparently built on top of a low earthen mound thought to be a barrow (DU019-004003-).
The headland was subject to gorse fire over the summer of 2013 revealing field walls to the southwest. The cist itself and the summit remained unburned.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 29 January 2015
References
Westropp, T.J. 1922 The promontory forts and adjoining remains in Leinster. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 52, 52-76.
Nearby in the register
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.