Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Templecarrig Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templecarrig Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15855, -6.08257
- SMR number
- WI008-058----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A pit was uncovered here during archaeological testing in 2001 by Edmond O’Donovan (Excavation Licence 01E0616). The area was subsequently excavated in 2002 and the truncated remains of an isolated charcoal spread was uncovered (Excavation Licence 02E0227). (Hagen 2004, 541).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 17 January 2013
References
Hagen, I. 2004 Templecarrig Lower. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 541 (No. 1990). Bray. Wordwell.
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