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Excavation - miscellaneous

Bollarney North, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Bollarney North, County 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
Bollarney North
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.98983, -6.05894
SMR number
WI025-090----

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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

A series of test trenches, opened in 2006 in advance of proposed development (Excavation Licence 06E0046), uncovered a curving ditch with frequent inclusions of cremated bone, a post-hole and a spread of burning at this location (Moriarty 2009, 570).

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 14 December 2012

Moriarty C. 2009 Bollarney North. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 570 (No. 2165). Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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