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Burnt mound

Whitestown, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Whitestown, 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
Whitestown
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.19518, -7.37212
SMR number
WA016-132----

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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)
  • 1869 · 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in a N-S valley with a N-S stream c. 100m to the E. Archaeological monitoring and testing (06E0163) in advance of laying a water-pipe identified features (Moloney 2006), which was later excavated (06E0278). Two small spreads of burnt mound material (dims. 1.2m x 1m; T 0.14m: 1.1m x 0.5m; T 0.15m) had no other related features. Burnt mound (WA016-133----) is c. 30m to the N. (Janes, 2009)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload: 23rd December, 2010.

References

Moloney, C. 2006 Report on archaeological testing and monitoring at Seafield, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. DEHLG (06E0163). Headland Archaeology.

Janes, T. 2009 Whitestown: burnt mound; post-medieval. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 537, No. 2024. Dublin. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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