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Burnt spread

Port, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt spread, Port, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Port
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.98020, -8.07269
SMR number
LE027-145----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In 2018, Archaeological test excavations (Excavation Licence No. 18E0591) in advance of a proposed mixed development at Port Townland, Leitrim Village revealed a deposit of blackened peaty clay; a possible charcoal-enriched soil with occasional burnt stone within the matrix of black soil. The material was uncovered 0.2m below the ground surface in a 1m wide test- trench. While not extensive, it was interpreted by the excavator as representing a possible burnt spread in the vicinity. Consequently, proposed works at this location were to be relocated to avoid any potential disturbance to this material. (https://excavations.ie/report/2018/Leitrim/0027094/ Accessed 27 February, 2023.)

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 27 February 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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