Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - prehistoric
Cherrywood, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cherrywood
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.24465, -6.13970
- SMR number
- DU026-155----
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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 in 1998 revealed the remains of a prehistoric house defined by post-holes (L8m, Wth 6m). Finds from the topsoil include burnt and unburnt flint, prehistoric pottery and a rubbing stone (Ó Néill 2000, 40).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 26 May 2018.
References
O'Neill, J. 2000b Science and Technology Park, Cherrywood. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1998: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 40-42. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.