Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Piperstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Piperstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23702, -6.33933
- SMR number
- DU025-019008-
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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 on the S slopes of Piperstown Hill. A cairn known as Site C. ‘Site C: A roughly circular cairn of stones. It averages about 5-50 m. in overall diameter and is about 40 cm. in maximum height. The tops of large, vertically set stones can be seen in the southern half of the cairn and are probably kerbstones. Somewhat similar stones are visible in the north-eastern quarter, but these are less obvious kerbstones. The internal diameter of the kerb would be about 3.50m’ (Rynne and Ó hEailidhe 1965, 63-4). This was considered by Rynne and Ó hÉailidhe (1965, 79) to be a possible burial cairn. This is part of an extensive settlement and cemetery of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date .
Compiled by: Paul Walsh and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 8 July 2018
References
Rynne, E. and Ó hÉailidhe, P. 1965 A group of prehistoric sites at Piperstown, County Dublin. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 64C, 3-84.
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