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Habitation site

Pilltown, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Habitation site, Pilltown, 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
Pilltown
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.96966, -7.81054
SMR number
WA037-058----

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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 on level, low-lying land associated with the mud-flats of an inlet on the E side fo the estuary of the Blackwater river. Archaeological testing and excavation (05E0594) uncovered three areas of archaeological deposits suggestive of prehistoric activity. (Doolan and Tierney 2005; Tierney 2008l)

Doolan, A. and Tierney, J. (2005) Archaeological test excavation report, Kinsalebeg, Piltown, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. Authors.
Tierney, J. (2008l) Kinsalebeg. Possible clay extraction pits. In Bennett (2008) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, P 364, No. 1498. Wordwell, Dublin..

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 07 October 2011

References

Tierney, J. 2008 Kinsalebeg. Possible clay extraction pits. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 364, No. 1498. Dublin. Wordwell.

Doolan, A. and Tierney, J. 2005 Archaeological test excavation report, Kinsalebeg, Piltown, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. Authors.

Nearby in the register

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

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