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Burnt spread

Scratenagh, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt spread, Scratenagh, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Scratenagh
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.85221, -6.10678
SMR number
WI036-056----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This is the record for the burnt spread with associated trough, hearth, pit and stakeholes, excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3206) on the N11 road improvement scheme. Radiocarbon dates place the site in the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age. (Dehaene 2009b)

Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 15 January 2013

References

Dehaene, G. 2009b Final Report on Site A022/021, NMSR No E3206, 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 Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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