Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, Ireland
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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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
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 Unpublished.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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.