Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Crockaunadreenagh, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crockaunadreenagh
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.25979, -6.47410
- SMR number
- DU024-002002-
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
Situated at Knockandinny, on the northern extremity of Saggart hill. A ring-barrow consisting of a raised circular platform, surrounded by a fosse with a low external bank. The platform (diam. c. 30m) had been built of small stones (Kilbride-Jones 1950, 314-15). Today, this is in the area of Hole 3 on Slade Valley Golf Course. Not visible at ground level (Healy 1975, 1-19).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 6 July 2018
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 154/1940).
References
Kilbride-Jones 1950 Excavations at Lugg, Co. Dublin. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 53C, 314-32.
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.