Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Brownstown (newcastle By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brownstown (newcastle By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.31907, -6.49426
- SMR number
- DU021-117----
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
In grassland, 250m E of ecclesiastical enclosure (DU021-001001-) and holy well (DU021-001002-). Cropmark of circular shaped area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a ditch with possible entrance gap at E visible on OSi Bluesky orthoimage taken 2018 (https://sdublincoco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/). Faint outline visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Stephen Callaghan
Date of upload: 5 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.