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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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