Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Coolbeg, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolbeg
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.95071, -6.09987
- SMR number
- WI031-077----
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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
Two pits, a ditch and a truncated burnt spread were uncovered here in 2006 as part of road improvement works on the N11 (Excavation Licence No. E3250). The burnt spread continued beyond the limit of the investigation. (Dehaene 2009, 572)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 17 July 2013
References
Dehaene, G. 2009 Coolbeg. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 572, No. 2172. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.