Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt pit
Benedin, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Benedin
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.84645, -8.20110
- SMR number
- TN020-134----
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
Uncovered during the monitoring of topsoil-stripping immediately N of the Nenagh bypass. 'They varied in size from 0.2m diameter to 0.8m x 0.5m and had a maximum depth of 0.4m. They were filled with a mix of charcoal-rich soil and burnt, red clay, and almost all produced metal slag' (McConway 2000a, 189). The excavator concluded that the proximity and similarity to the other collection pits in the townland (TN020-122001) suggests a possible Bronze Age date for these features (ibid.).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.