Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Gateway
Rathmichael, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmichael
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.23288, -6.14555
- SMR number
- DU026-050013-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · 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
The site lies on the E slopes of Carrickgollogan. The entrance is marked by two large blocks believed by Petrie to be part of an arched gateway similar to that at Glendalough (Turner 1985, 53).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 15 April 2018.
References
Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Holed stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.