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Metalworking site

Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Metalworking site, Edgeworthstown, County Longford, 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
Edgeworthstown
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.69523, -7.61137
SMR number
LF015-083----

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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

Archaeological testing and excavation (Excavation Licence no. 05E0762, 05E0762 ext.) undertaken in 2005 in advance of development works revealed a bowl furnace used for smelting metal and a number of associated linear features. A large linear feature which extended through the site contained large quantities of iron slag and a fragment of a glass bead (Carroll 2008, 252). Radiocarbon results are awaited to confirm the dating.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 September 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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