Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Roscath, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roscath
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.94301, -6.11033
- SMR number
- WI031-105----
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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 burnt mound excavated by Yvonne Whitty (E3249) on the N11 road improvement scheme. The mound showed two phases of activity. The earliest phase comprised a pit, hearth and postholes and dated to the early Bronze Age. The second phase comprised a trough, and numerous pits and hearths. This phase dated to the middle/late Bronze Age. Both phases were dated by radiocarbon dates. (Whitty 2009q)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 22 January 2013
References
Whitty, Y. 2009q Final Report on Site A022/063, NMSR No E3249, 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 Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.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
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- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.