Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Charcoal-making site
Ballinree, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinree
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.64454, -6.87026
- SMR number
- CW019-032----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying area in forestry. Granite structures in mounds and sunken pits (D c. 2.5m), which represent the remains of a charcoal burning complex, were noted by ASI in 1989.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 25 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.