Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Ballydavis, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydavis
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04982, -7.23672
- SMR number
- LA013-116----
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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
New monument discovered in 2003 during excavations of the M7 Heath-Mayfield motorway scheme by Colum Hardy for V.J. Keeley under licence number 03E0905 following previous centre line investigation by Ros O Maolduin under licence number 03E0128.
Excavation of trench 3 in area 2 revealed a possible hearth lying adjacent to a series of post/stake holes. Located at the western end of the same trench there was a second hearth (Bennett 2006, 286).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.