Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt pit
Newtown (balrothery West By., Ballyboghil Ed), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (balrothery West By., Ballyboghil Ed)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60236, -6.22933
- SMR number
- DU004-013----
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Shown on 5 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
Investigations for the NE Gas Pipeline, Phase, 2 (1988) revealed an area of sticky clay with burnt stone and charcoal (L1.20m, Wth. 0.8m, D 0.18m). Interpreted as a possible pot-boiler site (Gowen 1989, 24).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Gowen, M. 1989b Inventory of all archaeological features and sites revealed during construction, Bord Gáis Eireann, Northeastern Pipeline, Phase 2. (Unpublished)
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