Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Ballyshaneduff Or The Derries, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyshaneduff Or The Derries
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 53.10339, -7.14369
- SMR number
- LA009-048----
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Shown on 5 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
New monument uncovered during centre line testing by Eoghan Moore under licence number 03E0126 in advance of the M7 Heath-Mayfield motorway scheme. Monument was then excavated by Gary Conboy for V. J. Keeley Ltd. Under licence number 03E0678.
Described as site H,, which revealed in trench 2, five pits the fill and shape of which were similar to those excavated on the site of a fulacht fiadh (LA009-045/046) located 10m to the W (Bennett 2006, 288-9).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.