Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Howth, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Howth
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dung Hill
- Coordinates
- 53.37554, -6.07662
- SMR number
- DU019-004002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The natural knoll known as 'Dung Hill' is a regular oval platform (L 41m, Wth 30m) defined by a steep, exposed rock scarp. It occupies an imposing position with dramatic views onto Howth harbour and Dublin Bay. According to Westropp there had been evidence for revetment and dry-stone walling around the knoll in the late 19th-century (1922, 58-59). The headland was subject to gorse fire over the summer of 2013 revealing field walls to the SW and possible cairn material or collapsed revetment to the W. There is a cairn in the NW end of the monument (DU019-004001-).
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 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.