Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Farrankelly, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farrankelly
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12244, -6.07595
- SMR number
- WI013-104----
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
Twelve pits dispersed over a large area (L 160m; Wth 40m) were excavated here as part of the construction work associated with the Greystones Southern Access Route (Excavation Licence 04E0466). Six of the pits contained burnt stones. (Wiggins 2007, 483-4).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 9 January 2013
References
Wiggins, K. 2007 'GSAR Sites 14/14F, Farrankelly'. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 483-4 (No. 1864). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.