Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Kilcohan, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcohan
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.23552, -7.10786
- SMR number
- WA017-142----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Archaeological monitoring (07N0221) of an extensive area recorded one hearth as an oval area (dims. c. 2.4m x c. 1.9m; D 0.12m) filled with black soil and stone but the surrounding subsoil was fire-reddened (dims. c. 3.5m x c. 3m). A single thumbnail scraper was recovered. (Hurley et al. 2007)
Hurley, M. F., Sheehan, C. and Desmond, T. (2007) Archaeological monitoring at Kilcohan, Waterford City in February and March 2007. Unpublished report. Authors.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.