Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Brownswood, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brownswood
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.32138, -7.33258
- SMR number
- WA004-017----
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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
Located towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope above a shelf that overlooks the NW-SE River Suir. A spread of broken and burnt stone (dims. 13.5m x 9.7m) was found during the laying of a Bord Gáis pipeline, but most of the mound may lie outside the pipeline corridor to the W. (M. Gowen fieldnotes, 1986)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
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- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.