Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Monea, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monea
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96078, -7.73415
- SMR number
- WA038-065001-
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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
It was identified in testing (08E0968) during the development of a Waste Water Treatment facility an dfully excavated under the same licence. A thin spread of burnt mound material is associated with a circular, flat-bottomed trough (dims. 2m x 1.88m; D 0.6m) and produced a C14 date of cal. 2198-2031 BC. There was a hearth (dims. 1.3m x 1m; D 0.07m), and two pits (dims. 1.7m x 1.27m; D 0.31m: 2.6m x 1.3m; D 0.24m) nearby, but a larger oval pit (dims. 1.82m x 1.6m; D 0.95m) that produced charred remains of oak and hawthorn was c. 7m to the SE. The kiln (WA038-065002-) is c. 20m to the NW. (Bayley and O'Mahony 2010)
Bayley, D. and O'Mahony, C. (2010) Final report on the archaeological excavation of a site at Monea, Ardmore, Co. Waterford as part of the Waterford grouped towns and villages sewerage scheme. (08E0968) Unpublished report. DEHLG. Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Date of upload: 10th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.