Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt pit
Coolboy (Arklow By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolboy (Arklow By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.81872, -6.15291
- SMR number
- WI040-054----
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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 pit excavated by Brendán Ó Riordáin (97E0083) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. The pit was filled with tightly packed burnt mound material. The only finds recovered were two pieces of chert. (Ó Riordáin 1999)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 25 January 2013
References
Ó Ríordáin, B 1999 Archaeological Monitoring, Arklow Bypass, Co. Wicklow, 97E0083. Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.