County: Dublin Site name: Shankill, Co. Dublin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR DU026-162 Licence number: —
Author: —
Site type: GRAVES OF INDETERMINATE DATE
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 725690m, N 722293m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.236130, -6.117140
In July 1969 the discovery of human remains was reported in a cliff face at Shankill, Co. Dublin.88 The remains were reportedly found underneath a pile of stones measuring 1.5m long by 0.45m deep but were discarded by the finder, a young boy. The site was visited by Ellen Prendergast, but no human remains were found and owing to the nature of the site it was not possible to excavate the area. The site appeared to be a collapsed structure, consisting of a thick layer of granite stones.
88. Parish of Rathmichael, barony of Rathdown. OS 6in. sheet 26; exact location not marked. SMR DU026- 162—. A potsherd was also found with the remains, but upon examination this was found to be nineteenthcentury in date.
