Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shankill
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.22835, -6.14010
- SMR number
- DU026-052----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is a low lying area, at the goot of the Dublin mountains which has been landscaped. The medieval borough of Shankill was probably founded in the early 13th century (Bradley & King 1988, 298-305). It appears to have been one of the archbishop of Dublin's principal residences in the south of the county. A permit of 1229 to clear woodland on the manor indicates that much of it was wooded (Mc Neill 1950, 62). An extent of 1326 mentions 17 burgages and demesnes under arable cultivation. This settlement was probably located between the tower house (DU026-052001-) and the church (DU026-052002-).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 19 April 2018.
References
McNeill, C. (ed.) 1950 Calendar of Archbishop Alen's Register c. 1172-1534. Dublin. Royal Society of Antiquaries.
Bradley, J. and King, H.A. 1988 Urban archaeological survey - county Dublin (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.