Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Moyle Big, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyle Big
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80097, -6.84916
- SMR number
- CW007-052----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Shown as mound on 1839 OS 6-inch map (max. diam. c. 25m). Some pits noted in face of sandpit. Small quantity of human bones also found (SMR field notes 1984). Now levelled. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 462-3).
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 16 July 2012
Revised by: Claire Breen
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.