The Cache:
The Knock of Howth, or 'Knockoath', loosely translated from Irish means 'hill of the dark people'. What looks today like an ordinary suburban green space is actually the remains of a burial mound, possibly of a Viking warrior. It was the practice for the Norse to bury their chieftains near the waters edge, and Baldoyle was once a Norse settlement.
Note the unusual curve of the garden wall forming part of the boundary of the mound. Construction of Burrowfield Road over 85 years ago cut right through the middle of the mound, unfortunately destroying most of the archaeology. A newspaper article from 1933 describes the mound as being once 5 feet above the present road level, with a core of heavy stones from the strand covered in sandy soil, and a large boulder possibly a capstone or marking the summit of the mound. In Viking times ground level would have been approx 6 feet below your feet.
As the site has never been properly excavated, for all we know the original burial, if any, still lies beneath the road!
I would not recommend parking on Station Road, try Burrowfield Road. Please be stealthy. Should be no problem for tall people!