Ring-ditch in Dunsink, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

In a low-lying riverside location. An aerial photograph (FSI 0.148\9) shows a cropmark of a possible ring-ditch (diam. c. 15m). This area was investigated in 1991 but failed to produce any archaeological deposits. Prior to these investigations the site had been stripped of topsoil and the evidence removed (Keeley 1991, 16).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU014-026

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