Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Glenamuck North, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenamuck North
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.24406, -6.19774
- SMR number
- DU026-176----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The site is located to the east of the modern R117 Enniskerry Road, on a level piece of ground with expansive views to the north over Dublin City, east to Killiney Hill and the coastline and to the west upslope to Two Rock and Three Rock Mountains. Open field. Previously agricultural. A large ring ditch 17.5m in external diameter with a 12m internal diameter and depth of 0.45-1.25m, completely excavated by Rory Blount of Archaeology and Built Heritage, under licence No. 23E0942.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Rory Blount
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Kiln - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.