Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Mountseskin, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountseskin
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25227, -6.42798
- SMR number
- DU024-021----
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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 to the E out Mountseskin House, on sloping of ground that falls away steeply to the SE. A ring-barrow comprised of a circular area (int. diam.37m) defined by an inner fosse and outer bank (bank Wth c. 4m; H 0.5m). The site was shown on the 1843 OS 6-inch map as a horseshoe-shaped enclosure. It was surveyed by the Archaeological Society, UCD in 1942. Not visible at ground level (Healy 1975, 1-19). The site is located to the E of a ring-barrow (DU024-022----) and to the west a mound (DU024-023----).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
References
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.