Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt pit
Aghamore (Rathcline By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghamore (Rathcline By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67486, -7.98520
- SMR number
- LF017-031----
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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
An irregularly shaped pit (2.5m x 1.55m; D 0.13m) was discovered during monitoring, c. 200m N of Lanesborough, at the site of the ESB power station. It was subsequently excavated in 2003 and three layers of fill were identified. The uppermost fill contained charcoal-rich, silty clay in which a fragment of bone and a piece of burnt chert were found. Below this was a deposit of mottled, silty clay with charcoal flecks containing six sherds of pottery that are likely to be prehistoric in date. The base comprised a compact band of oxidised, heat-reddened clay (Powell 2003, 6–7).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 28 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Armorial plaque (present location)under 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.