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Excavation - miscellaneous

Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Kilmacthomas, 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
Kilmacthomas
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.20288, -7.40798
SMR number
WA015-100----

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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

Excavated (00E0197) as part of the N25 Kilmacthomas re-alignment at Chainage 9500. Situated on a slight S-facing slope with a NE-SW stream c. 90m to the SE. An area of c. 10m x 10m produced a circular pit (diam. 0.55m; D 0.32m), a subrectangular pit (dims. 0.36m x 0.2m; D 0.05m) 1m to the E and a post-hole, but there were no artefacts. The pits (WA015-101----) are c. 130m to the NE. (Elder 2002a; Elder and Tierney 2002, 10-12)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload: 17th December, 2010.

References

Elder, S. D. 2002 N25 road realignment scheme. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 338, No. 995. Bray. Wordwell.

Elder, S. D. and Tierney, J. 2002 Final report on monitoring - N25 road realignment scheme, Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford. Unpublished. Report DEHLG 99E0622, Eachtra Archaeological Projects.

Nearby in the register

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

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