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Excavation - miscellaneous

Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, Ireland

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Townland
Kilmacthomas
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.20367, -7.40652
SMR number
WA015-101----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 (99E0622) as part of the N25 Kilmacthomas re-alignment at Chainage 9630. Situated on a slight S-facing slope with a NNE-SSW stream c. 50m to the SE. An oval pit (dims. 1.9m x 0.65m; D 0.5m) contained black silt with pebbles and some charcoal and traces of iron slag. Three small pits (diam. c. 0.2m x c. 0.25m; D 0.2m to 0.7m x 0.56m; D 0.25m) form a line running N from it. No dating evidence was recovered, but fulacht fia (WA015-096----) is c. 70m to the NE, and the pits (WA015-100----) are c. 130m to the SW. (Elder 2002; Elder and Tierney 2002, 12-16)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload: 17th December, 2010.

References

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 Unpublished.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.

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.

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