Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Belgard, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belgard
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.30165, -6.39462
- SMR number
- DU021-025----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Named 'fort' and hachured on 1843 OS 6-inch map. The site is identified in the field as a slightly sunken area (dims.20m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW; D 0.3m). There is no bank visible (Ua Broin 1944, 74, 202).
Compiled by Geraldine Stout
References
Ua Broin, L. 1944 Clondalkin, Co. Dublin and it's neighbourhood. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 74, 191-218.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.