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Burnt mound

Ballyvadden, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Ballyvadden, 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
Ballyvadden
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.17893, -7.37781
SMR number
WA024-119----

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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 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. It was first identified as a burnt srpead by C. Moloney (2006) in testing (06E0163) on the line of a water pipe, and subsequently sample excavated (06E0275) by B. Cosham.
This is a spread of burnt stone and charcoal-rich clay (dims. 8.5m N-S; 4m E-W; max. T 0.17m), but most of the monument was truncated by a N-S field bank on the E side. No features or artefacts were recovered, but a piece of oak charcoal produced a C14 date of 1615-1491 cal. BC (Cosham 2008, 3, App. 8). Burnt mound (WA024-118----) is c. 120m lower down the valley to the SSW. (Janes 2009)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload/revision: 12th May, 2011.

References

Janes, T. 2009 Shanakill: burnt spread. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 531, No. 1997. Dublin. Wordwell.

Cosham, B. 2008 East Waterford water mains supply, Contract 11. Final report on site 5 06E0275; a burnt spread in the townland of Shanakill, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. Headland Archaeology.

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 Unpublished report.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

Nearby in the register

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

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