Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Glassamucky, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glassamucky
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.26024, -6.35207
- SMR number
- DU025-057002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a N facing slope with extensive view to the E, N and W. A pit burial containing a cinerary urn inverted over a cremation (NMI 1978:342-345). In 1978 two burials were found during removal of topsoil from a quarry (Kelly 1987-8, 73), the second burial came from a cist (DU025-057001-).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 28 July 2018
References
Kelly, E.P. 1987-8 Glassamucky, cist and pit burial. Journal of Irish Archaeology 4, 73, (no. 38).
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.