Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Phrompstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Phrompstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21904, -6.16724
- SMR number
- DU026-057----
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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 enclosure is situated in improved pasture on a SE-facing slope with dramatic views of the Sugarloaf Mountain to the S. It was shown on the 1843 OS 6-inch map as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) with an internal division. By 1975 this site had been removed (Healy 1975, 1-19) but a possible section of the enclosing bank may be incorporated into a field boundary which skirts the northern boundary of the site. This appears as a kink in the field boundary. Archaeological test excavation took place on this site in 2002 and a backfillled fosse was revealed (Byrne 2004, 181).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.
References
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
Byrne, M. 2004a Phrompstown 1. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 181. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.