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Burnt mound

Knockhouse Lower, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Knockhouse Lower, County Waterford, 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
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 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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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 Unpublished archaeological excavation report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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

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

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