Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Ballyboodan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyboodan
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46575, -7.23780
- SMR number
- KK031-073002-
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 a level field, excavated in 2006 in advance of the construction of the N9/10 Kilcullen-Waterford road (Excavation Licence No. E2515). Three small surface deposits of silty sand and silty clay with some small stones occupying natural hollows. A pit (KK031-073001-) was excavated 6-8m to the W. (Channing 2009, 252. no. 988; Channing 2010)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 21 August 2013
References
Channing, J. 2010 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Waterford to Knocktopher – Phase 2, Archaeological Resolution, Final Report E2515, Site AR046, Ballygeardra & Carrickshock Commons, Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Channing, J. 2009 AR046, Ballygeardra and Carrickshock Commons. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 252 (No. 988). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
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