Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Ballinascorney Upper, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinascorney Upper
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.25134, -6.39472
- SMR number
- DU024-031----
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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 a forest clearing at the E end of Tallaght Hill. A barrow comprising of a raised circular platform (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a fosse. Marked on the 1843 OS 6-inch map as a double-banked enclosure with a central mound. McDix (1925, 126-127) described the site as a circular area (diam.32m) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. In 1960 the site was ploughed and planted with trees but was clear-felled in 1994. The site is badly damaged. (Price 1940, 123; Healy 1975, 1-19).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
References
McDix, E.R. 1925 Some antiquities on Tallaght Hill. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 55, 126-9.
Price, L. 1940 The Antiquities and Place Names of South County Dublin. Dublin Historical Record 2, 121-133.
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.