Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Wallslough, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wallslough
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60591, -7.20587
- SMR number
- KK023-117----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 a wet area in a formerly marshy field, close to the W field boundary, with a pond c. 50m to the N. A black spread (diam. c. 15m) with charcoal and heat-shattered stones was revealed during ploughing. There is no visible trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 9 September 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.