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Charcoal-making site

Lugduff (ballinacor North By.), County Wicklow, Ireland

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Townland: Lugduff (ballinacor North By.)
County: Wicklow
Country: Ireland
First-edition OS map: Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map: Not indicated
Coordinates: 53.00451, -6.35079
SMR number: WI023-029003-

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The National Monuments Service's description

One of 86 charcoal production sites recorded by Healy in 1972 and referred to by him as platform '77' (Healy 1972, 146). A test excavation was carried out on this platform (L 5m; Wth 3.5m) and two others (WI023-029002- and WI023-029004-) in 2009 by UCD School of Archaeology as part of its training fieldwork programme (Warren and McDermott 2012, 228; Warren et al. 2013, 85-112). The results led the excavators to suggest that this is 'a platform associated with a mound kiln' (Warren et al. 2013, 90) and a charcoal sample produced radiocarbon dates of AD 1690-1730 and 1810-1920 (Warren et al. 2013, 92).

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 22 November 2013

References

Warren, G. and McDermott, C. 2012 Lugduff. In Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland 228 (865). Dublin. Wordwell.

Warren, G., McDermott, C., O'Donnell, L. and Sands, R. 2013 Recent excavations of charcoal production platforms in the Glendalough valley, Co. Wicklow. Journal of Irish Archaeology XXI, 85-112. Dublin. Wordwell.

Healy, P. 1972 Supplementary survey of ancient monuments at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Unpublished OPW report.

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