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Excavation - miscellaneous

Kilree, County Carlow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Kilree, County Carlow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilree
County
Carlow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.69182, -6.97388
SMR number
CW016-131----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Two pits containing burnt stone and charcoal were exposed during archaeological testing in 2006(Excavation Licence No. 06EO299). (McLoughlin 2006; 4)

Reference:

McLoughlin C. 2006 'Archaeological Testing Report, Kilree, Co. Carlow'. Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology, Wexford. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 24 January 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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