Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Mountusher, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountusher
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00968, -6.09658
- SMR number
- WI025-051----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 excavation (Licence No. 02E1434) revealed a circuar area (int. diam. 14.5m; ext. diam. 18.8m) defined by a ditch (Wth 4m; D 0.4-0.7m). The interior contained a post-hole structure and three urn burials. A fourth urn burial had been placed just outside the SW edge of the ditch (Bennett 2004, 538).
Date of upload: 23 October 2012
References
Bennett, I. (ed.) 2004 Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.