Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - Bronze Age
Tinriland, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tinriland
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.79698, -6.88673
- SMR number
- CW007-107----
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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
Excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E2589). On flat ground that gently sloped eastwards towards the N. Nine post-holes (average max diam 0.26m; average depth 0.21m) forming a circular plan (diam. 7m) with a possible internal division. One of the post-holes contained sherds of prehistoric pottery. A second possible round house was excavated c. 35m to E (see CW007-133----). (Hegarty L. 2009, 50)
Reference:
Hegarty L. (2009) 'Ballybar Upper Cremation pits, human remains' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 50 (207). Bray. Wordwell
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 10 November 2010
Nearby in the register
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.