Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Piperstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Piperstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23702, -6.33949
- SMR number
- DU025-019010-
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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 habitation site known as Site L. Excavated in 1962 it was found to comprise an irregular stony area with a central hearth defined by thin slabs on the north-eastern and south-eastern sides: the slabs along the other two sides had been removed by ‘treasure-hunting’ activities at the site during the previous year. The only finds from the excavation were twenty-three flints, all artificially struck but only four of which were artefacts, including a concave scraper. (Rynne and Ó hEailidhe 1965, 69-71). 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.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.