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
- 53.23668, -6.33907
- SMR number
- DU025-019015-
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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 A. ‘Site A: An oval ring of stones. It measures about 5.50 m. by 4.50 m. internally, with its long axis orientated NW-SE. The wall averages about 75 cm. in width and is about 20 cm. in height. There is a large agglomeration of stones in the wall at the north-east and a slight bank of peat with the stones in the north-west. The entrance appears to be either in the south-east or, possibly, in the south-west. There is a scatter of stones outside the wall north of the probable entrance in the south-east but it does not appear to be significant’ (Rynne and Ó hEailidhe 1965, 63). 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
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.