Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Scholarstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scholarstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27767, -6.32445
- SMR number
- DU022-020----
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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
Situated in an area of undulating grassland SE of the Dodder valley. Named on the 1843 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular, hachured enclosure. The site was excavated in 1985 prior to motorway construction (Keeley 1985, 23). It comprised a truncated circular structure (int. diam. 24m) defined by a bank and external fosse. Excavations revealed a D-shaped wooden structure, a hearth and a series of pits and post-holes within the interior. Finds included a flint scraper and a possible loom weight.
Compiled by Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 25th April 2012
References
Keeley, V.J. 1985 Progress report on Victorian sluice gates and associated features on medieval watercourse Balrothery. Unpublished report. South Dublin County Council.
Keeley, V.J. 1986a Scholarstown ringfort. In C. Cotter (ed.), Excavations 1985: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 23. Dublin. Irish Academic Publications.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.