Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt pit
Enagh (trough By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Enagh (trough By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.28123, -6.96290
- SMR number
- MO009-081----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a relatively low-lying position in an undulating landscape with drumlins. Archaeological testing (12E0068) in advance of an improvement of the N2 Monaghan to Emyvale road identified an isolated oval pit (dims 2m x 1m; D 0.35m) filled with a matrix of broken and burnt stone in a charcoal-rich soil. It was completely excavated under the same licence. (O’Hara 2012a, 6, 18)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 January 2020
O’Hara, R. 2012a N2 Monaghan to Emyvale Road Improvement Scheme. Stage 1, Stage 2. Licence No. 12E0068. Unpublished report, Archer Heritage Planning
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.