Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Metalworking site
Ballykeoghan (ida By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykeoghan (ida By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33060, -7.15317
- SMR number
- KK043-091----
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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 gently sloping pasture beside a seasonal turlough. A metalworking site excavated in 2006 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme. (Excavation licence no. E2502). Removal of deposits of anvil residue and charcoal-rich soil revealed three large shallow pits and several stake-holes which may represent the remains of a smithy. Several small hearths were also found outside the remains of an earth-built structure (c. 2.5m x 3.5m). Material tested yielded calibrated radiocarbon dates of 1471–1665 AD and 1785–1792 AD. (Laidlaw 2009, 254, no. 998; Laidlaw 2010)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 18 September 2013
References
Laidlaw, G. 2009 AR15, Ballykillaboy: Metalworking area – medieval? In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 254, no. 998. Bray. Wordwell.
Laidlaw, G. 2010 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Waterford to Powerstown – Phase 2 Archaeological Resolution. Dunkitt to Knockmoylan townlands, Co. Kilkenny. Final report. Scheme Reference Number: A032/000. Excavation Registration Number: E2502. Site Name: AR15 Townland: Ballykeoghan. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
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- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.