Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Badgerhill, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Badgerhill
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25170, -6.51750
- SMR number
- DU024A001----
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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 on a prominent hill under pasture. Marked as an enclosure on the 1843 OS 6-inch map (max. diam c. 25m). Mentioned by Ua Broin (1941, 25). Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
References
Ua Broin, L. 1941 Knockbrack in Co. Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 71, 24-6.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.