Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Charcoal-making site
Island Mcteige, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Island Mcteige
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.60627, -9.06642
- SMR number
- LI010-152----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (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
Three charcoal-making sites (Site 3A) excavated by Nikolah Gilligan (08E0998). A radiocarbon date places these in the early medieval period (961-1020 cal. AD; UBA 11555). This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of Upload: 3 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.