Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Knockavelish, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockavelish
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.18255, -6.97716
- SMR number
- WA027-013----
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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 W-E coastal valley open to the sea c. 200m to the E. The Bally Lough research team identified this site initially through a midden visible in a section. An area of c. 60m2 was excavated (E000347) by S. W. Green, who recovered over 2000 lithics and revealed a rough floor (dims. 5m x 5m) and a possible hearth indicative of a Later Mesolithic culture. (Green 1986, 5-7; Green et al. 1988)
Green, S. W. (1987) Excavation report. The Flynn site, Knockavalish townland. Unublished report. DAHG.
Green, S. W., Moore, J. and Zvelebil, M. (1988) Knockavelish; Later Mesolithic site, in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 1987: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 29-30. Wordwell. Dublin.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.