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Excavation - miscellaneous

Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Wicklow
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.98150, -6.04334
SMR number
WI025-012015-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Archaeological monitoring under licence no. 97E0448 of ground reduction for the raft foundation of a new office building at 5 Church Street, Wicklow, revealed the upper level of a probable medieval pit. As the development was not going to destroy the feature it was deemed sufficient, following consultation with Dúchas, to record the feature without excavating it.
Part of a medieval stone mortar and three sherds of glazed hand-built local medieval pottery were found on the surface of the main fill of the pit as it was being cleaned prior to recording. Parallels for the mortar have been found in excavations of medieval strata in Waterford City. At least nine similar pits and other medieval features were found during previous excavations in advance of development of a site on the other side of Church Street'.

Date of upload: 22 October 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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