Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballybeg (newcastle By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybeg (newcastle By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99422, -6.09545
- SMR number
- WI025-053----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Archaeological excavation (Licence No. 02E0542) revealed two large spreads of burnt mound material extending along the S bank of the Rathnew River, with two large 'trough features', pits and stake-holes between them (Bennett 2004, 525-6)
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
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.