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Habitation site

Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Habitation site, Dalkey, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dalkey
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.27803, -6.10758
SMR number
DU023-064001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A habitation site excavated at 62 Castle Street by John Kavanagh under licence 02E1871. The earliest phase of activity identified on the site was characterised by a series of features associated with a medieval burgage plot. The plot was defined by a ditch and drain along the E boundary of the site. Numerous domestic rubbish pits were found within the area of the burgage plot. Several post-holes, stake-holes and hearths, located along the S edge of a metalled surface, suggested a habitation area at the N end of the site. The pottery assemblage recovered from these features would indicate a mid-12th- to late 14th-century date. Other artefacts included a bone spindle whorl, and iron knife, fragments of rotary querns and several fragments of green glazed floor tiles. A substantial stone building (DU023-064001-) was constructed directly over the medieval habitation area. The building occupied the NW corner of the site and extended out under Dalkey Avenue to the W.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 6 July 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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