Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Charcoal-making site
Lugduff (ballinacor North By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lugduff (ballinacor North By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.00376, -6.34931
- SMR number
- WI023-029007-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated to the W and SW of Reefert Church, Glendalough (WI023-028001-). Nine platforms (WI023-029002- to WI023-029010-) ranging in size from 5m x 3.6m to 18m x 13m. Seven of these were probably used for charcoal burning; the two others may be hut platforms. (Healy 1972, p. 81, 146)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 October 2012
References
Healy, P. 1972 Supplementary survey of ancient monuments at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Unpublished OPW report.
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.