Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - Bronze Age
Ballymoyle, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymoyle
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.85027, -6.10939
- SMR number
- WI041-018----
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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 record for a Bronze Age house (structure A) excavated by Yvonne Whitty (E3205) on the N11 road improvement scheme. The structure was rectangular and measured 6m by 1.6m. It comprised seven postholes, 3 in N wall, 4 in S wall, and an eight in the centre intrepreted as a roof support. Another 3 postholes immediately to N were intrepreted as a possible annex. (Whitty 2009c)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 17 January 2013
References
Whitty, Y. 2009c Final Report on Site A022/020, NMSR No E3205, 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 Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
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