Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Ballyvaltron, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvaltron
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.90618, -6.10324
- SMR number
- WI036-036----
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
This is the record for the ditch excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3237) on the route of the N11 road improvement scheme. The ditch was a shallow rounded cut filled with silts and clays, and extended beyond the excavated area. A radiocarbon date from the upper fill of the ditch was from the Iron Age. (Dehaene 2009k)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 18 January 2013
References
Dehaene, G. 2009k Final Report on Site A022/051, NMSR No E3237, 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 Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.