Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Metalworking site
Cloghristick, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghristick
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.77136, -6.95363
- SMR number
- CW012-122----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 E2605). Six shallow circular burnt pits, two of which contained iron slag, were uncovered. 'The shallow nature of the pits suggests that the area was not the primary site of manufacture but a further stage in the manufacturing of iron artefacts'. (Hackett, L. 2009, 43)
Reference:
Hackett, L. (2009) 'Cloghristick Field boundaries/metalworking' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 43 (177). Bray. Wordwell
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 10 November 2010
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.