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Recorded monument · DU018-007007 · Co. Dublin

Designed landscape feature at Co. Dublin (DU018-007007)

On the Sites and Monuments Record, marked “Hachured” on the first-edition OS map.

69 planning applications in the last 10 years fall inside this monument’s zone of notification, and 16 An Coimisiún Pleanála cases touch it.

69
in the zone, 10 years
70
in the zone, all years
16
ACP cases in the zone
0
within 100 m, 10 years

Zone of notification 711.35 ha

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Planning applications in the zone of notification 69 applications in the last 10 years

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Appeals in the zone of notification 16 with An Coimisiún Pleanála

Building work started in the zone of notification 21 commencement notices

The record DU018-007007

SMR number
DU018-007007
Class
Designed landscape feature
Townland
Co. Dublin
Named on the OS map
Not indicated
National record
National Monuments Service record for DU018-007007

Located in flat terrain just NW of the cross erected for the arrival of Pope John Paul in Phoenix Park. This large enigmatic enclosure is shown on the 1837 edition OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval enclosure (Int. L 152m, E-W; Wth 123m N-S) and appears as a ditched feature on aerial photographic coverage (pers. comm. Leo Swan). It is visible on the ground as a curving flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.2-4m; D 0.2-0.4m) which encloses a level, oval area. There is a causeway in the NE which opens onto an avenue-like feature extending from the Chief Secretary's house. It is disturbed by a number of later trackways that transect the site. A trough has been placed within the interior. The size, shape and form of this enclosure compares favourably with the landscaped areas in the park and it may be a landscaped feature of 18th-century date. On Rocque's map of County Dublin (1760) it is shown as part of the extensive gardens of the Chief Secretary's house. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Upload date: 30 September 2011

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Source: National Monuments Service, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 11 Sept 2026

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