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Burnt pit

Monadreela, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt pit, Monadreela, County Tipperary South, 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
Monadreela
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.53149, -7.86001
SMR number
TS061-158----

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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

Uncovered during archaeological excavation of the N8 Cashel bypass. Decribed by the excavator as an irregular shaped feature (Wth 1m; L 1.06m; D 0.07m) filled with charcoal flecks and small burnt stone inclusions and interpreted as a 'Modern burnt mound' (O'Flanagan 2003, 3-6). A similar feature (TS061-157----) was uncovered close by (ibid.).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

O'Flanagan, N. 2003 N8 Cashel Bypass & N74 Link Road: phase 2 archaeological investigations. Site No. 4. Licence No. 03E0298. Unpublished archaeological excavation report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Nearby in the register

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

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