Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Priestsnewtown, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Priestsnewtown
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.11704, -6.08439
- SMR number
- WI013-103----
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
Six pits and twelve post-holes, some of which contained burnt stones, charcoal and cremated bone, were excavated here as part of the construction work associated with the Greystones Southern Access Route (Excavation Licence 04E0403). The excavator suggested that these remains may be part of a more substantial structure, which may extend beyond the limit of the road take. (Wiggins 2007, 489).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 9 January 2013
References
Wiggins, K. 2007 'GSAR Site 4, Priestnewtown'. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 489 (No. 1881). Bray. Wordwell.
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