Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Bustyhill, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bustyhill
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave site
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27290, -6.52037
- SMR number
- DU020-010----
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 1843 edition of the OS 6-inch map shows a 'cave site' on Busty Hill. This may refer to the former existence of a souterrain which has been filled in. However, the site is very exposed and at an altitude where one would not expect to find settlement suggesting that this was a natural, rather than man-made feature (Healy 1974, 23; O'Sullivan 1986, 27; Clinton 1998, 122).
References
O'Sullivan, P. (ed.) 1986b Newcastle Lyons: Dublin. A parish in the Pale.
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
Clinton, M. 1998 The souterrains of County Dublin. In C. Manning (ed.), Dublin and beyond the Pale: studies in honour of Patrick Healy, 117-28. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.