Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Linear earthwork
Ballyogan, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyogan
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25447, -6.19192
- SMR number
- DU026-115----
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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
Goodbody (1993) has identified an impressive section of linear earthwork, which may be part of the Pale Ditch. It is located on a valley floor at the foot of the Dublin Mountains. It runs on a line between Carrickmines Castle (DU026-005---) and Kilgobbin castle (DU025-017001-). It comprises a high, flat-topped bank (H 2.50m, Wth 2-3m) with contiguous ditches on both sides. The ditch on the northern side (Wth 2.4m, D 0.40m) is shallower than that on the southern side (Wth.3m, D 1m). There are thorns growing on the bank. Archaeological investigations in 1998 exposed a section through the base of the ditch (Wth 1.6m, D1.2m), no finds were recovered (Reid, M 1999, 61 https://www.excavations.ie/report/1998/Dublin/0003377/).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.
References
Goodbody, R. 1993 On the borders of the Pale. A history of Kilgobbin, stepaside and the Sandyford area. Bray. Pale Publishing.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.