What is recorded here

Indicated is a high, flat-topped bank with ditches on both sides, running between Carrickmines Castle and Kilgobbin castle on a valley floor at the foot of the Dublin Mountains. It may be part of the Pale Ditch, a boundary line drawn across living land. Thorns still grow on its crest, marking the place where permission ended and exclusion began.

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.

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