Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Kilree (knocktopher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilree (knocktopher By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59940, -7.18408
- SMR number
- KK024-128----
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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
Excavated in 2007/8 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3730). Situated just outside the SSE corner of a large medieval square enclosure (KK024-127----) that superimposed a double ring-ditch (KK024-126----). The burial was orientated E-W and had been truncated by field boundaries. Two pieces of modern pottery and a piece of modern iron were found in the fill of the grave suggesting a late date for the burial. (Whitty and Lynch 2009; Lynch 2010, 235, no. 885)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 12 November 2013
References
Lynch, P. 2010 AR094, Bennetsbridge. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 235 no. 885. Bray. Wordwell.
Whitty, J. and Lynch, P. 2009 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4B – Rathclogh to Powerstown. E3730 Kilree 4. Preliminary report. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.