Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Lisselty, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisselty
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15147, -7.08515
- SMR number
- WA027-025002-
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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
Located in a low cliff-face on the NW-facing foreshore on the E side of Tramore Bay. Described in 1989 as a layer of heat-shattered stones in a black clay matrix (L 13m; max. T 0.95m) at the junction of the glacial till and the overlying sand (SMR file). Only a short section was visible (L 1m; T 0.7m) in 2008, however, in 2022 a length of c. 6m was visible (T 0.58m), with a shell midden (WA027-025003-) partially overlying it to the S and extending southward.
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.
See attached photographs:
WA027-025002-_01 General view from the W
WA027-025002-_02 Detail of burnt mound
WA027-025002-_03 Detail of burnt mound with shell midden directly above
Compiled by: Michael Moore (additions by Jean Farrelly)
Date of upload/revision: 24 January 2023
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.