Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Newcastle, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56041, -7.70833
- SMR number
- LF027-056----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
A cluster of pits uncovered and fully excavated by Jonathan King under licence No. 16E0446 during development works for the Center Parcs Leisure development. In poorly drained area of coniferous plantation. Site identified as consisting of two post-holes, a hearth (dims. 1.33m x 0.88m x D 0.19m), two pits and a very shallow post hole. The first pit (dims. 1.07m x 0.86m x D 0.4m) contained an orange quartzite water rolled platform core. The two postholes to the N of the hearth measured between 0.26m and 0.33m wide. The more southerly pit (dims. 0.6m x 0.6m x D 0.42m) contained a deposit of deliberately placed crinoid echinoderm fossils some of which were deliberately burnt. A sample from the most easterly post hole returned a Late Bronze Age.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Jonathan King
Date of upload: 25 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.