Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Greenan (decies Without Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenan (decies Without Drum By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.21964, -7.34909
- SMR number
- WA016-134----
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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
Situated in a valley with an E-W stream c. 100m to the N. Archaeological monitoring and testing (06E0163) in advance of laying a water-pipe identified a burnt mound (Moloney 2006), which was later excavated (06E0280). A spread of burnt mound material (diam. 17m; T 0.2-0.35m) overlay a wood-lined trough (dims. 2.8m x 2m; D 0.6m) which had eight stake-holes and two post-holes associated with it. (Janes, 2009)
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload/revision: 24th December 2010.
References
Janes, T. 2009 Greenan: burnt spread and trough. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 529, No. 1987. Dublin. Wordwell.
Moloney, C. 2006 Report on archaeological testing and monitoring at Seafield, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. DEHLG (06E0163). Headland Archaeology.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.