Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cremation pit
Coolbeg, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolbeg
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.95535, -6.10442
- SMR number
- WI031-074----
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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Archaeological monitoring in 2006 uncovered five possible cremation pits here (Excavation Licence 04E1633 (Area 1)). They are preserved in situ. (O’Carroll 2009, 571)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 17 January 2013
References
O'Carroll, E. 2009 Ballynagran landfill, Coolbeg. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 571 (No. 2170). Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.