Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dungarvan
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.08890, -7.61592
- SMR number
- WA031-040023-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Archaeological excavation (96E0387) immediately E of the house known as Garvan's church (WA031-040002-) revealed the remains of a burnt mound in a spread of broken and burnt stones (dims. c. 12m E-W; c. 5.5m N-S) that had been cut by numerous clay pits. It produced a C14 date of 540-660 Cal. AD (Pollock 1998b). (Pollock 1997d)
Pollock, D. (1997d) Preliminary report on archaeological excavations ahead of the Harbour Bay development, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford (Licence 96E0378). Unpublished report, Author.
Pollock, D. (1998b) Castle Street / Quay Street, Dungarvan: Urban medieval. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1997. summary account of excavations in Ireland, 181-2, No. 566. Wordwell. Bray.
Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.
Nearby in the register
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.