Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Coolbeg, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolbeg
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.95175, -6.09834
- SMR number
- WI031-089----
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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
This is the record for the prehistoric features excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3255) on the N11 road improvement scheme. The features excavated included: a pit with a rounded cut and a single fill was located in the centre of the site and a possible round hut structure located in the north of this site. In all, 31 stake-holes were located across the site. The possible structure and most of the stake-holes were within a natural depression, up to 23m (east–west) by 14m, and up to 0.45m deep and filled with a single fill. A deposit of charcoal and burnt bone was identified on the surface of this deposit. (Dehaene 2009u)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 17 January 2013
References
Dehaene, G. 2009u Final Report on Site A022/069, NMSR No E3255, N11 Rathnew to Arklow Road Improvement. Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.