Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Powersknock, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Powersknock
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.22140, -7.24030
- SMR number
- WA016-108----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Situated at the bottom of a narrow S-N valley with the S-N stream immediately to the W. An area of burnt and broken stone is visible in the section of a drain (L 5.4m; T 0.5m) with a stone-filled pit (L 1.5m; T 0.4m) beneath it.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload/revision: 21st December 2010.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.