Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballyvadden, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvadden
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.17789, -7.37815
- SMR number
- WA024-118----
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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 towards the head of a N-S valley at the headwaters of a stream that runs S and then W to the N-S Mahon River. A spring was just E of the site. It was first identified as a burnt spread by C. Moloney (2006) in testing (06E0163) on the line of a water pipe, and subsequently sample excavated (06E0283) by T. Janes.
This was an extensive area of burnt stone and charcoal-rich soil (dims. c. 18m x c. 17m) which produced a C14 date of 1013-841 Cal BC (Janes 2008, 3, App. 8). No other features or artefacts were recovered. Burnt mound (WA024-119----) is further up the valley c. 120m to the NNE. (Janes 2009)
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload/revision: 12th May, 2011.
References
Moloney, C. 2006 Report on archaeological testing and monitoring at Seafield, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. DEHLG (06E0163). Headland Archaeology.
Janes, T. 2008 East Waterford water mains supply, Contract 11. Final report on site 4 06E0283; a burnt spread in the townland of Shanakill, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. Headland Archaeology
Janes, T. 2009 Carrickaready: burnt spread. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 531, No. 1999. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.