Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Charlesland, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Charlesland
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12453, -6.06447
- SMR number
- WI013-075----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The remains of a linear ditch (L 47m E-W), a structure defined by post-holes, a cremation pit, a number of animal burials and a curvilinear feature (L 10m) were excavated here in 2003 prior to the construction of the dual carriageway from the R671 to Greystones (Excavation Licence 03E0018 (Site A). Finds included a Late Bronze Age socketed looped axehead and Beaker pottery. (Molloy 2006, 545)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 16 January 2013
References
Molloy, B. 2006 Site A, Charlesland. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 545 (No. 2073). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.