Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Scart (knocktopher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scart (knocktopher By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35222, -7.16919
- SMR number
- KK040-087----
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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 2006 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Road Scheme (Excavation licence no. E3000). A subrectangular pit (0.77m x 0.55m x 0.11m) cut into natural subsoil containing a single fill of dark friable clay with frequent charcoal and stone inclusions. An adjacent spread of similar material (0.31m x 0.23m 0 0.04m) may be a related feature. (Monteith 2009, 285, no. 1091; Monteith 2010)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 30 October 2013
References
Monteith, J. 2009 AR021, Scart. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 285, no. 1091. Bray. Wordwell.
Monteith, J. 2010 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Waterford to Sheepstown – Phase 2. Archaeological Resolution. Dunkitt to Knocktopher townlands, Co. Kilkenny. Final report. Scheme Reference Number: A032/000. Registration Number: E3000 Site Name: AR021. Townland: Scart. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
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