Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Glebe (rathdown By., Rathmichael Ed), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glebe (rathdown By., Rathmichael Ed)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.24227, -6.14903
- SMR number
- DU026-149----
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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
Archaeological excavations were undertaken between 2000 and 2002 on a ringfort and field system identified during work on the South-Eastern Motorway (M50) (Seaver 2004, 160-16). The ringfort was located on a steep N-facing slope. The site comprises a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) defined by a single ditch (Wth 1.7m, D 0.9m) and earth and stone bank. The entrance is on the uphill side in the SE. The ditch produced considerable quantities of butchered bones of sheep, pig, horse, goat and dog. Artifacts included bone trial pieces, small quantities of slag, a stone pounder and part of a ring pin. There was evidence for a wooden revetment along the inside of the bank.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 26 May 2018.
References
Seaver, M. 2004 From mountain to sea: excavations at Laughanstown/Glebe. Archaeology Ireland 17, No. 4, 8-12.
Seaver, M. and Keeley, V. 2004 Laughanstown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 172. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Cairn - ring-cairnunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
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