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Burnt spread

Churchquarter, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt spread, Churchquarter, 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
Churchquarter
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.29104, -8.20106
SMR number
LI060-009----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

This site was identified during Phase II test excavation of the N8 Cashel to Mitchelstown road improvement scheme carried out in May 2006. The site was subsequently excavated on 18–19 August 2006. It was located on the banks of the River Funshion, at the base of a gradual south-facing slope. One small spread of silty clay with moderate inclusions of charcoal and burnt stone was identified. This deposit is likely to be prehistoric in date. A thin deposit of peat (0.1–0.12m deep) overlay the burnt-stone deposit ' (Excavations 2006, Site No. 1253). Burnt spread excavated by Bernice Molloy (A027/000, E4595).

Nearby in the register

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

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