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Excavation - miscellaneous

Skehacreggaun, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Skehacreggaun, County Limerick, 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
Skehacreggaun
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not shown.
Coordinates
52.63764, -8.67407
SMR number
LI013-226----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A small pit identified by J. Kiely during archaeological testing prior to the construction of a housing estate carried out under Licence No. 04E0414 (Kiely 2004). The remains of a corn drying kiln (LI013-225----) c. 20m to the NW and a holy well (LI013-009006 ----) c. 215m to the S were also excavated. The pit was revealed in Field 2, and was located ‘13m from the S end of trench 6’ and the results were summarised as following; ‘An isolated circular pit was recorded c. 25m south of the kiln, measuring 0.3m in diameter, with a maximum depth of 0.15m. A chert scraper was included in the fill’ (www.excavations.ie 2004:No. 1030, Kiley 2007, 248)

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 30 June 2020

References

Kiely, J. 2004 Archaeological Test Excavation Report, Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick. Unpublished report (Licence No. 04E0414) submitted by Eachtra Archaeological Projects on behalf of Shabrand Development Ltd. to the National Monuments Service, Dúchas.

Kiely, J. 2007 Skehacreggaun, Mungret: Prehistoric Pit. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 248, No. 1030. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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