Cairn - burial cairn

The National Monuments Service's description

On the summit of Windmill Hill, is a broad low circular cairn, (Diam 40m ; H 1.5m ) commanding extensive views in all directions. The cairn is grass covered and was first reported by Ó Lionáin and Davis having been identified in 2014 from lidar survey and analysis (see attachment DU021-013----_2). On the southern quadrant of the denuded cairn is a windmill (DU021-038----). Both monuments lie directly NNE of an enclosure identified by geophysical analysis (Target 2018) DU021-114----. which itself sits centrally within a ceremonial enclosure DU021-115---- . The cairn is situated off-centre within another enclosure (DU021-116----) which can be traced intermittently following the contours of the ridge on of Windmill hill, possibly representing a hillfort first reported by O’ Lionáin and Davis. Approximately 150m to the SE of the cairn, beyond both enclosing monuments, is a ring-ditch DU021- 117----.

Compiled by: Margaret Keane

Updated on: 29 November 2018

References

Ní Lionáin, C. and Davis, S.R. 2014, The Prehistory of the South Dublin Uplands. Unpublished report for South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Co. Councils.

D'Alton, J. 1838 (Reprint 1976) The history of the county of Dublin. Cork. Tower Books.

Target Archaeological Geophysics, 2018, Geophysical Survey Report of Proposed quarry development at Windmill Hill Saggart, South County Dublin, Licence 18R0211, Unpublished report submitted to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.