Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Urn burial
Kilgobbin, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgobbin
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.25676, -6.20912
- SMR number
- DU026-123----
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
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Lewis (1837) reports that an urn was discovered in the lawn of Kilgobbin Cottage. This may be the remains of an urn burial. The site is located at the foot of the Dublin mountains.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.
References
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Innunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.