Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Baysrath (knocktopher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baysrath (knocktopher By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49387, -7.24233
- SMR number
- KK031-094----
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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 marginal land between bog to the E and rising pasture to the W. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3629). A burnt mound (9.4m E-W; 9m N-S; D 0.33m) consisting of heat-fractured stones and charcoal-rich clay. Five shallow pits and in irregular shallow gully were sealed by the mound but they were unsubstantial and did not form any regular pattern. Charcoal from an associated post-hole returned a radiocarbon date of 1887-1751 cal BC (UBA-10987). A fulacht fia (KK031-095----) was excavated c. 50m to the NE. (Walsh 2010, 235, no. 884; Walsh and Coughlan 2011)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 11 November 2013
References
Walsh, F. 2010 AR057, Baysrath. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 235 no. 884. Bray. Wordwell.
Walsh, F. and Coughlan, T. 2011 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4 – Knocktopher to Powerstown. E3629 Baysrath 4. Final report. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.