Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
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
- 52.81926, -6.15084
- SMR number
- WI040-055----
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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 shallow pits excavated by Brendán Ó Riordáin (97E0083) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. The shallow depressions were filled with a mixture of ash, charcoal and soil and two of them contained large quantities of shards of pottery identified as Neolithic in date. A number of flint artefacts were also found including two scrapers. (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 Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.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
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.