Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Knockhouse Lower, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockhouse Lower
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25661, -7.15857
- SMR number
- WA009-046----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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
In an area of poorly drained land. This monument was completely excavated in advance of a development by West Pharmaceutical Products Ireland Ltd. (Excavation Licence number 15E0260). It consists of a truncated cresent-shaped burnt mound (dims. c. 9m x 4m; D 0.1m) with a trough and two shallow pits. The large sub-rectangular trough (dims. 2.7m x 2.5m; D 1.1m) had gradual sides and a flat base and contained a primary fill of charcoal-rich clay with heat-affected stone, a secondary fill with heat-affected stone and an upper fine silt deposit. The two associated pits (dims. 1.3m x 0.84m; D 0.1m; 2.1m x 1.27m; D 0.33) were filled with material similar to the over-lying burnt mound deposit. (Walsh and Sutton 2015, 2, 10).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 12 January 2016
References
Walsh, F. and Sutton, B. 2015 Preliminary report on excavations at Archaeological Area 2 at Knockhouse Lower, Co. Waterford. Licence no. 15E0260. Unpublished archaeological excavation report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.