Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
Ballynacarrig, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacarrig
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.89951, -6.05226
- SMR number
- WI036-026----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a SE-facing slope overlooking Potters River. A scatter of struck flint including some possibly Later Mesolithic material. Another small scatter of flints of non-specific date was found further. N in the same townland near a rocky headland jutting into the sea. (Information Prof. F. Mitchell/ Prof. P. Woodman)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.