Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Maddockstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maddockstown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63303, -7.16242
- SMR number
- KK020-052----
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
In tillage. Identified during fieldwalking in advance of the construction of the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline (Sleeman 1983, 365-6). Described as a, 'large area (11m x 6m) of black soil and shattered sandstone fragments. The area was generally horse-shoe shaped in plan. The site was probably a fulacht fiadh' (ibid.).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 December 2020
References
Sleeman, M. 1983 Sites identified during the construction of the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline. In The Archaeology of the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline report 1983, 360-72.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.