Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Kilmurry South (arklow By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmurry South (arklow By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.90280, -6.10272
- SMR number
- WI036-037----
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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 pits excavated by Red Tobin (E3235) on the N11 road improvement scheme. The pits were morphologically similar and possibly connedted with settlement in the area. Three sherds of Beaker pottery associated with the pits date them to then late Neolithic/early Bronze Age period. (Tobin 2009b)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 18 January 2013
References
Tobin, R. 2009b Final Report on Site A022/049, NMSR No E3235, 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 Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.