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Barrow - ring-barrow

Lugg, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Lugg, 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
Lugg
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.26171, -6.45372
SMR number
DU024-008----

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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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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

Located in a forest clearing on the upper E-facing slopes of Saggart Hill immediately above the Slade Valley and overlooking the Verschoyles Hills (Kilbride-Jones 1950, 313-32). Prior to excavation of the site in the 1940s the site comprised a central mound (Wth 8.4m; H 1.2m) defined by a fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.7m), a bank (Wth 2m; H 0.75m) and an external v-shaped fosse (Wth 2.25m; D 0.84m; overall diam.41m). Both fosses had an outer retaining wall. Excavation revealed that the central mound covered two burials, both cremations, which were laid directly on a clay surface accompanied by Early Iron Age pottery. This composite site had been constructed over a habitation site and a timber structure referred to as a 'Sanctuary site' by the excavator. The habitation site consisted of five hut sites and a single communal fireplace. The 'Sanctuary site' was represented by three fireplaces and a total of 160 post-holes forming no clear pattern. The site is very overgrown with furze and regenerating trees.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 6 July 2018

References

Kilbride-Jones 1950 Excavations at Lugg, Co. Dublin. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 53C, 314-32.

Nearby in the register

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

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