Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - Iron Age
Coolbeg, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolbeg
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.95549, -6.10971
- SMR number
- WI031-080----
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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
An unenclosed settlement which included a round house (diam. 5-7m), the possible remains of a second round house and a central oval pit were excavated here in 2006 in advance of the construction of the landfill (Excavation Licence 06E0552 (area 6)). Radiocarbon dates of 760–400 BC and 380–160BC were obtained from the site. (Frazer 2009, 572)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 24 January 2013
References
Frazer, W. 2009 Ballynagran Landfill, Coolbeg. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 571-2 (No. 2171). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
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- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.