Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
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
- 53.11614, -6.09333
- SMR number
- WI013-106----
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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
A well preserved burnt mound was exposed here as part of the construction work associated with the Greystones Southern Access Route (Excavation Licence 04E0128; Site 19). It was preserved in situ. (Wiggins 2007, 482-3).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 9 January 2013
References
Wiggins, K. 2007 'Farrankelly/Priestsnewtown/Kilpedder East'. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 482-3 (No. 1863). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.