Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Ballyquirk, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyquirk
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.65469, -7.09055
- SMR number
- KK020-100----
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
On a small patch of dry land in a marginal poorly drained area. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3863). A large pit filled with burnt stones and charcoal-enriched soil. A second smaller pit truncated it. There was no evidence of burnt material outside the pit. A sample of ash charcoal from the pit fill was sent for analysis and returned a date of 2292–2143 cal BC (UBA 12230). (Elliot 2010, 233, no. 876; Elliot and Coughlan 2011)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 6 November 2013
References
Elliot, R. 2010 AR112, Ballyquirk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 233, no. 876. Bray. Wordwell.
Elliot, R. and Coughlan, T. 2011 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4 – Knocktopher to Powerstown. E3863 Ballyquirk 1 Final report. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
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